and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
boy; son; baby boy; young man
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
suffix for familiar person
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity