indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
all; entire; whole; altogether
3000; three thousand; many
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
gold, silver and bronze (medals)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
increase and decrease; fluctuation
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to pass (of time); to elapse
no!; no no!; no, not at all
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)