shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
so; like this; in this way
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
killing two birds with one stone
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend