sorry; excuse me; thank you
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
hair (on the head); (a) hair
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be silent; to say nothing
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
foreign; abroad; overseas
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
every year; yearly; annually
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
sensual love; love affair
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
to fall in love (with); to love
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone