Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to relax; to feel at home
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
journal; magazine; periodical
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew
foreign; abroad; overseas
celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy
snapshot (esp. of people)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
by means of; due to; because of; according to
antiquity; the previous era
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
coordination; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to read smoothly; to skim
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...