as much as one can; as much as possible
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
rather than; more ... than ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
such; like that; that sort of
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
collection (of art, stamps, etc.); collecting; collection (i.e. a range of new clothes); fashion show
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust