to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
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
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...