to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
of course; certainly; naturally
charming; fascinating; attractive
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)