-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
big man; large man; tall man; giant
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
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
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
time; hour; period; class
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
about when; about what time; how soon
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)