idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
birth; creation; formation
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
index finger; forefinger; second toe
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
upper half of the body; upper body
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
adds force or indicates command
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
considerably; greatly; a lot
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to take a breath; to take a short rest
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
not understanding; not knowing
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
difficult problem; challenge
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
such ... as; or some such