it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
pre-war days; before the war
wood (for building); lumber; timber
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
company; corporation; workplace
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
father; dad; husband; you; he
three; three years of age
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
as a child; when one was a child
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
because of; owing to; due to
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily