store; shop; establishment; restaurant
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man; male; masculine gender
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
hair on the back of one's head
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into