poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
how; in what way; circumstances
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
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
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to bite off; to gnaw through
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
indicate reason; infers some protest
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
single word; a few words; brief comment
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
next; secondly; subsequently
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to be needed; to be wanted