that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
book; volume; this; present; main; head
beginning; outset; first; onset
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
while; during; while; although; all; both
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
single colour (color); monochrome
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize