notice; attention; observation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
short story; short film; short poem
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to shine a spotlight on; to highlight; to bring attention to
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
each place; various places
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
on the occasion of; at the time of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)