to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
is never the case; has never happened
unidentified flying object; UFO
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
endless; boundless; everlasting
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
connection; link; relationship
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
that is to say; so that means
to square one's shoulders
long ago; already; a long time ago
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning