well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of); what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
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)
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
suffix for familiar person
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
such; like that; that sort of
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
feeling; sense; impression
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(bank) balance; remainder