what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be on edge; to get nervous; to feel tense
development; exploitation
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
in this way; thus; such; uh...
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
boy; son; baby boy; young man
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
charming; fascinating; attractive
now; the present time; just now; another; more
littering; (carelessly) tossing away
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to apologize; to apologise