north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
last night; yesterday evening
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
a little bit; a little while
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly