mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
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)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
really; truly; indeed; good grief
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
amount of sugar; sugar content
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
by myself; in person; by oneself
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
selection; choice; picking out
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indicate reason; infers some protest
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to