to be helpful; to be useful
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
material; substance; matter
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
don't you think?; indicates question
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
person concerned; interested party; related party
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
outsider; someone outside of a group
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
because of; owing to; due to