thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
settlement; solution; resolution
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
then; well; so; well then
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
little by little; bit by bit
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
have a good day; take care; see you
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
natural disaster; cataclysm
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to be found; to be discovered
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound