to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
alone; by oneself; on one's own
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
later on; eventually; afterwards
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless