the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
such ... as; or some such
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
danger; peril; hazard; risk
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
comparatively; relatively
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
proposal; offer; request; application
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to some extent; to a certain extent
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
decrease; reduction; decline
country; territory; domain; realm
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
direct descent; direct line