to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
unfortunately; regrettably
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
nothing but; except; no more than
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to solicit; to demand; to extort
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic