girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
how; in what way; how about
considerably; greatly; a lot
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
fine (piece of) work; excellent work; work that receives an honourable mention
living; lifestyle; living room
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
of course; certainly; naturally
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
such; this sort of; like this