origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
last night; yesterday evening
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
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 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
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
spiritualist; medium; necromancer
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
very interesting; of great interest
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality