to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
woman; female; feminine gender
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
common knowledge; well-known fact
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
honeytrap; honey trap; honeypot
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all