messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
sports-minded; sports-oriented
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
long ago; a long time ago; already
button (clothing); push-button; button
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
silence (not speaking); muteness
screen; curtain; raster; room divider; partition wall
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
attitude control; postural control
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
changing course (of a ship or aircraft); turning
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
while; during; while; although; all; both
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
time; hour; period; class