to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to make merry; to be festive
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
preference; priority; precedence
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
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
all present; all concerned; all of us
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene