long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
comparatively; quite; rather
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
by means of; due to; because of; according to
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
by myself; in person; by oneself
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence