to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
corridor; hallway; passageway
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to become an expert; to be master at
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
such; like that; that sort of; very
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
being startled; getting a shock
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to be worried; to be troubled
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
button (clothing); push-button