once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
much less; to say nothing of
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
had better ...; had better not ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
trivial; not amounting to much
please (give me); please (do for me)
top of the head; crown of the head
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again