friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
in that way; thus; so; so?
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
study; diligence; discount; reduction
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
all; entire; whole; altogether
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
sum; surface-to-air missile; SAM
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!