again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
reading partway; leaving half-read
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
ten; 10; ten years of age
second (unit of time); arc second
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
number one; first; best; most; game; round
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones