hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
really; truly; indeed; good grief
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
pupil; student; schoolchild
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
that's the way it is; such is life
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...