to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
spotlight; close observation
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
genuine article; real thing; real deal
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
(countless) stars in the night sky; stardust
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)