senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
suffix for familiar person
how; in what way; how about
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
association of like-minded people
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to gather; to collect; to assemble
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to discuss; to talk together
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
summer vacation; summer holiday
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble