company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
episode; anecdote; vignette
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
I see; that's right; indeed
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
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
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
father; dad; husband; you; he
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
because of; owing to; due to
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")