to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to concern; to be related
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
grasp; catch; understanding
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
not long has passed since ...
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)