to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
the other day; a few days ago
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to recall; to remember; to recollect
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to entertain; to make welcome
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
baptismal ceremony; baptism
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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.)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
until now; so far; up to the present
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
while; during; while; although; all; both
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 nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound