-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
attendance; presence; appearance
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
ex-husband; former husband
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
all; entire; whole; altogether
practice; practising; experience
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
ex-girlfriend; former girlfriend
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
failure; mistake; blunder
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student