is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
looking pale; looking unwell
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
rather; better; instead; if anything
direct unforked road; straight path
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
right in the middle (of); midst; height
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
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)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
you (plural); all of you; you all
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
considerably; fairly; quite
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to surround; to encircle; to enclose