to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
all; entire; whole; altogether
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight