request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
one's house; one's home; one's family
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
coloured carp; colored carp
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
fate; chance; relationship; tie
please (give me); please (do for me)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah