in the background; not standing out
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
presence (impressive quality)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
father; dad; husband; you; he
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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?
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
such ... as; or some such
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!