important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
(some) more; even more; longer; further
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
present; gift; to give a present or gift
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
such; like that; that sort of; very
to have a talk; to tell a story
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged