to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
telephone call; telephone (device)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
five-day workweek system; five-day school-week; having two days off in at least one week of a month
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
on the occasion of; at the time of
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
indictment; prosecution; complaint
testimony; (verbal) evidence
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
determination; resolution
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
company president; manager; director
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
go that far; to that extent
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee