fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
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 ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to have a talk; to tell a story
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
family; members of a family
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
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
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
reality; actuality; hard fact
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
war; fighting; fierce competition
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
beginning; outset; first; onset
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to grow up; to become an adult
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
police; police officer; police station
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
feeling; sense; impression
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point