cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
instead; but (on the other hand)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
time; hour; period; class
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
recently; lately; these days
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
little something; reward; tip
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)