10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
settlement; solution; resolution
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
close; intimate; on good terms
in comparison to; rather than
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
in the same way as; just like
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
of course; certainly; naturally
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
convenient; handy; useful
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
simmer; bubble out; flow out
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
if so; in that case; in that situation
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
library; book collection; paperback book
new book; new publication
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)