wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
such; like that; that sort of; very
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
and yet; though; when; in spite of
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up