if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; masculine gender
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
it is not (like that) either
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet