misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
rewriting; rewrite; fair copy
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to be conspicuous; to stand out
how; in what way; how about
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend