powerful person; influential person
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
whichever one chooses; either way
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to set up shop; to open a store
fund-raising; fund collecting
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to attempt; to test; to try out
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to visit frequently; to haunt
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
process; course; mechanism
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
just because; even if; even though
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
go that far; to that extent
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
marriage proposal; courtship
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
war; fighting; fierce competition