to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect); to be on the lookout (for); to spend a lot of money (on); to treat oneself (to); to paste; to stick
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
fake; something false; sham; deception
very likely; very probable
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
both (people); the two of them
going straight home (without first returning to one's workplace); returning home directly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er