brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
consequence; outcome; result; blame
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
to accept; to receive; to agree
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to apologize; to apologise
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
relief squad; rescue party
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
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)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend