overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to correct oneself; to restate
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
feeling; sense; impression
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
no, not like that (but like this)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
until now; so far; up to the present
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
that; the matter in question
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish