happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
in that manner; like that
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
instant; moment; for an instant
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
meaning; significance; sense
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
great hurry; great haste; rush
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being