hello; good day; good afternoon
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
feeling; sense; impression
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
physical condition; state of health
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
consequence; outcome; result; blame
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
had better ...; had better not ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that