be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
it is not (like that) either
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
tone (of voice); manner of talking
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
that is to say; so that means
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
number of persons; personnel
now; the present time; just now; another; more
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
piece; fragment; one (object)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth