so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
that's the way it is; such is life
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
fixed interval; fixed period
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after