to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
in that way; thus; so; so?
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
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)
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
infection; contagion; becoming infected
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
final; eventual; ultimate