important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
possible; likely; probable
waist; waistline; waist measurement
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
companion; company; tritagonist
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
settlement; solution; resolution
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
sommelier; wine steward; wine expert at a restaurant who advises guests on a choice of wines
tradition; legend; folklore
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
had better ...; had better not ...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
episode; anecdote; vignette
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back