oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
don't you think?; indicates question
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
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 tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
myself; yourself; I; me; you
name; given name; first name
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
woman; female; feminine gender
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
lateness; tardiness; arriving late