I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
at once; immediately; right now
to go out and away; to leave
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
name; given name; first name
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
society; the world; the times
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding