elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
now; the present time; just now; another; more
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
at once; immediately; right now
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
predecessor; people of former times
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way