to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
just because; even if; even though
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
something; some kind of; for some reason
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
only; merely; but; no more than
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to discuss; to talk together
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
silence (not speaking); muteness