on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
that; the matter in question
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
same; similar; (just) like; equal
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
timewasting; killing time
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
how long; how far; how much
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
considerably; fairly; quite
in the meanwhile; during the time
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
selection; choice; picking out
that day; the very same day
to telephone; to make a phone call
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
keeping house; being confined to one's house
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
memory; sense; experience