first thing in the morning
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
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to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
probability; likelihood; chances
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean
living thing; living creature; animal; life
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
each place; various places
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered