thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
the more one looks (at it) the more...
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to be surprised; to be astonished
serious; not joking; straight
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
forcibly; against one's will
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
technique; art; skill; move
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
(another's) daughter; young lady
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence