to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
this institution; this parliament; this hospital; this clinic
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
foreign; abroad; overseas
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
adds force or indicates command
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
medical care; medical treatment
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to be profitable; to yield a profit
something like ...; something called ...
money-making; earning money
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
by myself; in person; by oneself
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
story; tale; talk; discussion
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
trivial; not amounting to much
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die