hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
outside one's jurisdiction
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
other companies in the same business; rival firms
my husband; one's family; family member
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it