filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
main force; chief object; mainline
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
(not) even once; (not) ever
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
time-out; timeout; timeout
beginning; outset; first; onset
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
all; entire; whole; altogether
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
reality; actuality; hard fact
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
now; the present time; just now; another; more
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
had better ...; had better not ...
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
because of; owing to; due to
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
suffix for familiar person
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)