safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to pass (of time); to elapse
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
superintendent of education
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to turn towards; to point
impossible to do (although wants to)