preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
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
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
serious; not joking; straight
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
pawning; pawnage; pledging (stock, share subscription rights, etc.)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
all; entire; whole; altogether
book; volume; this; present; main; head
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
successful bid; winning a tender
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence