serious; not joking; straight
endless; boundless; everlasting
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
when; how soon; how long until
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
100,000; hundred thousand
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
reality; actuality; hard fact
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
just you wait and see (as a threat)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)