to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
a dirty or underhanded trick
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
headquarters; head office; main office
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
drama; play; powerful drug
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
prison officer; corrections officer; penal officer; prison guard; jailor; warder
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
acrylic (esp. acrylic fibre, fiber)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least