listen!; you see; mind you; remember
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to have a talk; to tell a story
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
of course; certainly; naturally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
now; the present time; just now; another; more
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light