subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(brute) force; using all one's might
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
the other day; some time ago; recently
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
common knowledge; well-known fact
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
something; some kind of; for some reason
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy