rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to chase; to run after; to pursue
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to become pale; to turn pale
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
ago; since; before; previous
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to be worried; to be troubled