request; favour (to ask); wish; please
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to thrust before; to thrust at
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to have a reason; to have an excuse
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to speak; to say; to vocalize
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back