raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to summon courage; to be brave
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped