people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
seasoning; flavour; flavor
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that