extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
the other day; lately; recently
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
honorific/polite/humble prefix
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
sorry; excuse me; thank you
myself; yourself; I; me; you
please (give me); please (do for me)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
door; gate; opening; title page
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
true state; actual condition; reality
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case