wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
transactions; dealings; business
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
end; close; conclusion; termination
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
in one's own way or style
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly