appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
man; male; masculine gender
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity