and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
after that; afterwards; thereafter
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be silent; to say nothing
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
suffix for familiar person
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
such; like that; that sort of; very
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)