investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
originally; by nature; from the start
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
because of; owing to; due to
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
make no progress; remain unsettled
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
living thing; living creature; animal; life
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to talk; to chat; to chatter