friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
as if nothing had happened
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
trouble; bother; annoyance
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
letter; missive; note; mail
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
hard worker; hardworking person
stealthily; secretly; in secret
whispering into a person's ear
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
moving about; stirring about
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count