item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
is that so?; I see; right; oh
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
leone (currency of Sierra Leone)
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
honorific/polite/humble prefix