device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to recall; to remember; to recollect
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
-less; lacking; non-existing
to refer to; to use as reference
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
imagination; supposition; guess
out of bounds; beyond the pale
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
that is to say; so that means
by myself; in person; by oneself
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of