history of; experience of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
well known; well connected
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
feeling; sense; impression
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to refer to; to use as reference
while; even though; despite
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
unrestrained; unreserved; candid; frank
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
firm; strong; solid; stable
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
just a minute; small quantity
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)