excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
based on; on the basis of
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
comfort; consolation; diversion
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to comfort; to console; to amuse
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to subsist; to keep on living
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
until now; so far; up to the present
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
God; god; ace; king; superior person
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend