indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
after a long time; for the first time in a while
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
rough; casual (clothing); rough; rough (sketch); draft
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
(a person's) appearance; looks
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle