to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
letter; missive; note; mail
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
god (esp. the Christian God)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
anything and everything; just about everything
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
materials; data; document
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)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
going to the hospital for regular treatment
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now