with a friendly grin; smilingly
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
please (give me); please (do for me)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
comfort; consolation; diversion
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago