to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to keep (a person) waiting
journal; magazine; periodical
observation; survey; watching
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
to show up; to appear; to turn up
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)