low-grade; low-class; low-quality; vulgar; cheap
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
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)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to be found; to be discovered
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
after that; afterwards; thereafter
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)