to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
genius; prodigy; natural gift
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
while; even though; despite
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?