is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
heir; inheritor; successor
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
feeling; sense; impression
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
wherein; therein; thereinto
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
number one; first; best; most; game; round
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
two persons; two people; pair; couple
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight