senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to pile up; to accumulate
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
memories; recollections; reminiscence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
myself; yourself; I; me; you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
how; in what way; how about
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.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling