oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to blow off; to be blown off
dried squid; dried cuttlefish
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
(police) detective; criminal matter
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
death penalty; capital punishment
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to be born; to come into the world
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand