superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to examine someone's expression
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
(some) more; even more; longer; further
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
after that; afterwards; thereafter
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to spend time (on doing something)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
I see; that's right; indeed