to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
preparation; arrangements
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to have a meal together; to sit at table
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
then; well; so; well then
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff