for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
lowest-ranking; one-star (hotel, restaurant, etc.)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
alone; by oneself; on one's own
the way back; the way home; return trip
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to buy more (of something)
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
stocking up (on); hoarding
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to become domesticated; to be worn out (from domestic life); to go to seed
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
what with this and that; for a number of reasons