lately; recently; nowadays
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
dilapidated house; deserted house
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to pass (of time); to elapse
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
that's the way it is; such is life
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
power; authority; jurisdiction
police officer; policeman; constable
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
mistaken arrest; arrest based on misidentification
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
failure; mistake; blunder
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
love or affection for one's parents
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
anything and everything; just about everything
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
major incident; major happening; big scandal
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...