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thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

6

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

24

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

1

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

5

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

53

to be

1

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

7

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

2

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

10

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

16

return; welcome home

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

3

welcome home

7

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

3

laundry; the washing

2

be; is

10

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

1

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

26

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

2

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

13

in that way; thus; so; so?

4

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

5

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

1

my; one's own; personal; privately owned

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

18

skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

30

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

9

and then; after that

1

iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

8

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

2

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

19

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

6

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

4

tomorrow; near future

5

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

4

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

4

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

30

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

5

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

2

then; well; so; be; is

2

boardinghouse

4

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

7

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

1