hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
please; somehow or other; one way or another
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to chase; to run after; to pursue
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses