request; favour (to ask); wish; please
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
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)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
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
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
feeling; sense; impression
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
now; the present time; just now; another; more
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
how; in what way; how about
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
futsal; form of indoor 5-a-side football (soccer)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
marriage fraud; fake marriage
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
impossible; unlikely; improbable
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately