aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
together; at the same time; same; identical
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; MLB
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
butting (in boxing); clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
image; figure; figure; form; image
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
really; truly; indeed; good grief
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)