the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
suffix for familiar person
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
then; well; so; well then
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
practice; practising; training; study
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
surely; certainly; without doubt
to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover
imagination; supposition; guess
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to change (one's clothes)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
such; like that; that sort of
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common