to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
myself; yourself; I; me; you
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
... years old; age (of) ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
name; given name; first name
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy