treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
number one; first; best; most; game; round
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
pupil; student; schoolchild
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
myself; yourself; I; me; you
about this time; about now
curiosity; inquisitiveness
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy