nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
almost; roughly; approximately
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
will not do; do not; does not
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
that's the way it is; such is life
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
fine weather; fair weather
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
imagination; supposition; guess
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
don't you think?; indicates question
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
official name; formal name