to play a central role; to take a leading part
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to talk; to chat; to chatter
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
by means of; due to; because of; according to
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
instant; moment; for an instant
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
by myself; in person; by oneself
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly