enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
that's the way it is; such is life
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
social meeting place; watering hole
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
mallee (var. of eucalyptus)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
journal; magazine; periodical
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
handsome face; beautiful features
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
in the morning; during the morning
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits