paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
mountain road; mountain trail
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to close (one's eyes); to shut
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
genuinely; sincerely; seriously; really; for real
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough