with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
use; utilization; utilisation; application
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
for example; for instance; e.g.
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
proposal; proposition; suggestion
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
transactions; dealings; business
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)