that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
sexual desire; physical love; Eros (Greek god); Eros (asteroid); event-related optical signal; EROS
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
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.)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
degree of success; success rate
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
something like ...; something called ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
proposal; proposition; suggestion
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
tendency; trend; inclination
reaching; attaining; arrival
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation