reinforcement; strengthening
form; shape; figure; visage
suffix for familiar person
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
proposal; proposition; suggestion
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
leader; authority; mainstay
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to discuss; to talk together
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions