simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
student (esp. a university student)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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
study; diligence; discount; reduction
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah