year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
with these words; while saying
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
older sister; lass; young lady
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
valuable article; valuables
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to check; to stop; to keep back
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside