suitable; satisfactory; desirable
until now; so far; up to the present
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
please (give me); please (do for me)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to say; to tell; to state; to do
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
hello; good day; good afternoon
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to be able to manage somehow or another
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to move (house); to change residence
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to publish a book; to put out a book
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
don't you think?; indicates question
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
story; tale; talk; discussion
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly