father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
completion; perfection; accomplishment
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
myself; yourself; I; me; you
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
honorific/polite/humble prefix
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
last night; yesterday evening
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust