library; book collection; paperback book
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
serious; not joking; straight
work; business; company; study
future (usually near); prospects
company; corporation; workplace
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
and yet; though; when; in spite of
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
government worker; public servant; civil servant
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
steady; firm; solid; secure
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
age thirty; one's thirties
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher