approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
until now; so far; up to the present
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
honorific/polite/humble prefix
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
price; cost; value; worth; value
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
at a loss for words; stumped for words
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
performance of one's official duties
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
in the meanwhile; during the time
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now