fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
selection; choice; option
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
you (plural); all of you; you all
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point