to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
than; from; out of; except; but; more
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
don't worry about it; forget about it
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to become better; to improve
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
please (give me); please (do for me)
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
is that so? (generally rhetorical)