-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
in succession; one after another
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...