character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
long ago; already; a long time ago
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to detain; to check; to restrain
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to chase; to run after; to pursue
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to gather; to collect; to assemble
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
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
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous