coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
beyond this point; from now on; after this
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
back off!; leave me alone!
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness