necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
had better ...; had better not ...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to apologize; to apologise
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to have a talk; to tell a story
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
I see; that's right; indeed
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch