direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
then; well; so; well then
had better ...; had better not ...
attendance (at school); going to school
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to be silent; to say nothing
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention