with a friendly grin; smilingly
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
sour look; surly face; pout
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
and yet; though; when; in spite of
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
such; like that; that sort of; very
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
plastic sleeve (documents); sheet protector; clear file
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
return of something; repayment
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
such ... as; or some such
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?