long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
actual profit; practical use; benefit
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
you could say; you might say; verging on the
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
of course; certainly; naturally
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
choices; alternatives; options
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
what kind of; what sort of; what
meaning; significance; sense
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
way of talking; speaking style
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
choosing between two things; two choices
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
start of a romance; beginning of love
talking about one's misfortunes; tales of one's misfortunes