the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
monthly publication; monthly issue
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
manuscript; version; draft
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
all; entire; whole; altogether
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
work; business; company; study
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name