person who has rendered distinguished service
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
attendance; presence; appearance
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
national defence; national defense
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
general manager; director-general
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
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 know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)