to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
chiffon cake; sponge cake
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
one day; (on) a certain day
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
neighbourhood; neighborhood
anything and everything; just about everything
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
electricity; (electric) light
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
note (letter) left behind; will
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
no!; no no!; no, not at all
surely; certainly; without doubt
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean