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
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
tail (animal); tail end; tip
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
adds force or indicates command
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
discarding; firing (an employee)
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
in one's own way or style
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be found; to be discovered
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
the other day; lately; recently
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
rather; better; instead; if anything
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said