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; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
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 jujuba); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
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 (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
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 come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
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
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
what name (esp. of a young female)
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)
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity