to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
such; this sort of; like this
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
tickling; tickle; joke; gag
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally