carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to begin talking; to open up
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
bringing; taking; carrying
bento; Japanese box lunch
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to take a breath; to take a short rest
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to feel; to sense; to experience
proposal; proposition; suggestion
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
the opposite sex; isomerism
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
of course; certainly; naturally
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
any more; any further; any better; any longer
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
should; must; -able; probably; likely
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that