woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
difficult to ...; hard to ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
genuine article; real thing; real deal
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
all; entire; whole; altogether
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
breakdown of negotiations