to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
sharp parting remark; parting threat
with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to talk; to chat; to chatter
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
no!; no no!; no, not at all
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
program (e.g. TV); programme
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
feeling; sense; impression
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous