to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
with a chuckle; with a giggle
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to pile up; to accumulate
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
in the end; at the end of the day
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
that's the way it is; such is life
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
everything; anything; nothing
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
difficult to ...; hard to ...
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition