to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to mind; to care; to worry
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to step forward; to take a step forward
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to not believe one's ears
to head home; to leave for home
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
one's way back; one's way home
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
simply; merely; only; solely
timewise; temporal; chronal
single word; a few words; brief comment
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
first meeting; first interview with
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken