look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
serious; not joking; straight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
clearing one's throat; cough
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
should; must; -able; probably; likely
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
one more time; once more; once again
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
considerably; fairly; quite
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not