because of; owing to; due to
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep
in perfect form; going swimmingly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
while; during; while; although; all; both
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
feeling; sense; impression
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
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
originally; by nature; from the start
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
sense of values; values; value system
really; truly; indeed; good grief
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
such; this sort of; like this
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike