reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
several years; a few years
after that; afterwards; thereafter
how many years; how long; what year
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
materials; data; document
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to collect; to assemble; to gather
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
here and there; in places