request; favour (to ask); wish; please
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
survival; survivor; relic
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
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
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
difficult to ...; hard to ...
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
because of; owing to; due to
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!