pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
speaking voice; talking voice
all present; all concerned; all of us
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
company president; manager; director
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
creating a (usually favorable) environment
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
such; like that; that sort of; very
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)