near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
reconciliation; make peace with
now; the present time; just now; another; more
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
it's been a long time; long time no see
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
than; from; out of; except; but; more
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
while; during; while; although; all; both
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers