to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
and yet; though; when; in spite of
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality