hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
ago; since; before; previous
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
country; territory; domain; realm
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
sphere; circle; range; category
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
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
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)