to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
beginning; outset; first; onset
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
paragraph; end; stopping place; conclusion
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
writing (e.g. as a profession)
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
silent; silent movie; silent film; silent letter
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
formal paragraph (in opposition to a logical paragraph); paragraph as defined by its formal elements (e.g. line break and initial indentation)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)