How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be found; to be discovered
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
by myself; in person; by oneself
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)