why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
creation; Creation (by God)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
on the occasion of; at the time of
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
since; henceforth; ever since
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate