tour conductor; tour guide
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to recall; to remember; to recollect
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
such; like that; that sort of; very
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
illustration (e.g. book); picture
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
father; dad; husband; you; he
good luck; fortune; happiness
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)