to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to go out and away; to leave
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to hand over; to surrender
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
number one; first; best; most; game; round
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
two persons; two people; pair; couple
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
beyond this point; from now on; after this
how; in what way; how about