to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
duty; function; office; mission; task
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
the right person in the right place
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
of course; certainly; naturally
to be overcome with emotion
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)