increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
such; this sort of; like this
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
another time; some other time
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
truancy; school non-attendance
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to lie down; to throw oneself down
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that