certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
foreign; abroad; overseas
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
several years; a few years
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
in that way; thus; so; so?
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
two persons; two people; pair; couple
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
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.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back