funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
almost every day; almost daily
to spread; to be propagated
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
belief; faith; conviction
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to entrust; to leave to a person
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
(period of) a year; during an era
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to concentrate one's attention; to be engrossed in
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
account book; register; ledger
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to be pedantic; to assume the air of a scholar
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn