small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
expression; look; countenance; face
in that way; thus; so; so?
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
gossip; corner of the mouth
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
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
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
cruelty; hard-heartedness
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
near; close; beside; third person
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture