to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
great hurry; great haste; rush
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to gather; to collect; to assemble
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to have a talk; to tell a story
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
observation; survey; watching
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
these guys; these fellows
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
though; notwithstanding; although
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position