to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
depression; recession; slump
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
real estate agent; realtor
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
unmarried person; single person; bachelor; spinster
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
farewell party; goodbye party; send-off party
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
boy; son; baby boy; young man
until now; so far; up to the present
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
setting off (on a trip); departure
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)