yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
shellfish; seashell; shell
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 adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
so; like this; in this way
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
of course; certainly; naturally
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
uninhabited island; desert island
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
father; dad; husband; you; he
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date