to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
particularly; only; in the case of
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
such; like that; that sort of; very
now that; since; so long as; because
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
sincere; honest; faithful
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
near; close; beside; third person
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
virile; tough; masculine; intense
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to be overcome with emotion
it's been a long time; long time no see
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
statue; picture; picture revealing character
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to make a lasting impression
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason