surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
producer (film, TV, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
expert; skilled hand; person of experience
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to talk; to chat; to chatter
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen