state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
sympathy; compassion; pity
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
topic of discussion; agenda
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to discuss; to talk together
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
young girl; lass; adolescent female
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to repeat; to do over again
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
genuine article; real thing; real deal
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?