tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
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
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
older sister; elder sister
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot