year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
future (usually near); prospects
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to go (somewhere) with a purpose