insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
junior high school student; middle school pupil
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
manners; behavior; behaviour
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
because of; owing to; due to
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)