thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
don't you think?; indicates question
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
inside one's heart; in one's mind
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
almost; roughly; approximately
woman; female; feminine gender
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
match; game; bout; contest