the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
confections; sweets; candy; cake
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to prevent; to take precautions
sorry; excuse me; thank you
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service