anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
going home from work; on the way home from work
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
returning from school; going home from school
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
in the same way as; just like
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
convenient; handy; useful