wheat straw; barley straw
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
headquarters; head office; main office
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
hills and fields; hill and dale
to run around; to bustle about
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!