economical; efficient; lean; compact
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
here and there; in places
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
instant; moment; for an instant
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound