strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent