robin (Erithacus rubecula); European robin
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
they; those guys; those fellows
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
danger; peril; hazard; risk
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
what kind of; what sort of; what
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
suffix for familiar person
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
alone; by oneself; on one's own
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
image; figure; figure; form; image
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)