New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to have a talk; to tell a story
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
reality; actuality; hard fact
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
alone; by oneself; on one's own
after a long time; for the first time in a while
releasing on parole; conditional release
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
anything and everything; just about everything
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
how; in what way; by what means