to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
start of work; commencement; opening
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
China and North Korea; Chinese-North Korean; imperial court; Imperial Court (of Japan); middle ages
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
such; this sort of; like this
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to become completely chilled
stairs; stairway; staircase
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
place where one works; construction site; working area
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to