useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
when it becomes; when it comes to
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
it's been a long time; long time no see
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
take care of yourself; get well soon