hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
such; this sort of; like this
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
ex-husband; former husband
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
office job; clerical work
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living