story; tale; talk; discussion
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
name; given name; first name
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
just a minute; small quantity
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
really; truly; indeed; good grief
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to lead someone around by the nose
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject