important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
child; childish person; immature person
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
cheap article; poor-quality article
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to