long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
corridor; hallway; passageway
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
at least; at most; (even) just
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject