call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
something; some kind of; for some reason
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
magical particles (permeating the world in fantasy); magicules; ether; mana; magical energy
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
difficult to approach; inaccessible
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
research; study; investigation
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
still; even now; to this day
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)