offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
book; volume; this; present; main; head
journal; magazine; periodical
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
people; men and women; each person; everybody
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to accept; to receive; to agree
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to pick up; to find; to gather
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
KGB (former Soviet Union intelligence agency)
study; research; investigation
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
administration (of medicine)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)