safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
junior high school student; middle school pupil
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
memory; ability to remember
jigsaw puzzle; jigsaw; puzzle
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
double speed (data transfer, video playback, etc.); 2X speed; -times speed; ...X speed
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
reaction; response; reaction
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
meaning; called; named; that says; that
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate