vocational school; technical school
life; living; I; me; student
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
cards in one's hand; one's hand
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
integrity; fidelity; constancy; principle; faithfulness; honor
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
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 ...
I see; that's right; indeed
is that so?; I see; right; oh
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
decision; determination; resolution
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!