I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
two persons; two people; pair; couple
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
devil; demon; the Devil; Satan
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to spend time (on doing something)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to be dumbfounded; to be taken aback; to be rattled
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
if so; in that case; in that situation
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy