until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
accumulation; accumulate; store
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
premature joy; short-lived elation
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
please (give me); please (do for me)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
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