skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
perfect; complete; flawless
without; but if; otherwise; or else
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
in this way; thus; such; uh...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
well then ...; in that situation; in which case