to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
genius; prodigy; natural gift
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
work style; way of working
reform; reformation; reorganization
office hours; business hours; working hours
review; reconsideration; revision
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to