to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
until now; so far; up to the present
interference; intervention; meddling
way; method; means; resource; course
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
innumerable; countless; numberless
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
question; inquiry; enquiry
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
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
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do