sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to collect; to assemble; to gather
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
same; similar; (just) like; equal
badness; evilness; bad; evil
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
massing (of troops); gathering
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
person who is ...; thing that is ...
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
something like ...; something called ...
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
beginning; outset; first; onset
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")