hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to serve; to work for; to attend
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
empress dowager; queen mother
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
heir; inheritor; successor
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
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 say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material