I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
Spain; Spanish (language)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
invitation; introduction; temptation
that day; the very same day
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
of course; certainly; naturally