with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
had better ...; had better not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
suffix for familiar person
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
father; dad; husband; you; he
physical condition; state of health
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
(small crunchy) dried sardines
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine