to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
all; entire; whole; altogether
to talk; to chat; to chatter
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
company president; manager; director
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
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)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
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
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
unlucky quarter (southwest)
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
order from the company president
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication