to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
round; spherical; circular
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
a little bit; a little while
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
to get tired out; to be exhausted
other; another; over; more than; I; me
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
here and there; in places
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
one's own handwriting; autograph; as written with a brush