to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
fate; chance; relationship; tie
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
completion; perfection; accomplishment
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
feeling of a house or a room
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
(compulsory) retirement age; age limit; (compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
job hunting; job searching
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly