intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
since then; from that time; ever since
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
don't you think?; indicates question
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to wash away; to rinse off
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
myself; yourself; I; me; you
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)
(deposit) passbook; bankbook
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
nothing but; except; no more than