wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
society; the world; the times
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago