as (for); for; in the capacity of
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
how can (one) do something
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
to talk; to chat; to chatter
time; hour; period; class
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
then; well; so; well then
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
is that so?; I see; right; oh
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need