I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
man; male; masculine gender
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I see; that's right; indeed
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
beginning; outset; first; onset
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
long ago; a long time ago; already
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
big leakage; uncontained leak
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
how long; how far; how much
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like