should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit; able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher); resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity
adds force or indicates command
same; similar; (just) like; equal
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
sympathy; compassion; pity
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
hedge; fence; border; limit
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
suffix for familiar person
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
trouble; quarrel; dispute
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else