to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
father; dad; husband; you; he
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
marriage proposal; marriage talks
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)
breaking off an engagement
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
whichever one chooses; either way
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)