to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
two persons; two people; pair; couple
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
meaning; significance; sense
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
article; news story; report; account
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)