marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
literally; to the letter; literal
ghostwriter; ghost writer
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
please (give me); please (do for me)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
Hercules; Heracles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
suffix for familiar person
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes