congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to be nearing death; to be dying
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
(another's) daughter; young lady
your acquaintance; people who know
some people; a few people; several people
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
cooperation; collaboration
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
of course; certainly; naturally
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
how many years; how long; what year
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
one-by-one; separately; in detail
until now; so far; up to the present
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to say; to tell; to state; to do