interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
real thing; original; actual
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to dis; to diss; to disrespect; to speak ill of; to criticize; to disparage
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
how; in what way; how about
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
myself; yourself; I; me; you
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with