letter; note; epistle; correspondence
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
at first; in the beginning; originally
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
ago; since; before; previous
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
just a minute; small quantity
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
the relation of master to servant
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
difficult to ...; hard to ...