nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
besides; in addition; also; moreover
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
(turned out) all right in the end
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
regret; repentance; remorse
than; from; out of; except; but; more
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
had better ...; had better not ...
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?