a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to wait for an opportunity
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
notice; attention; observation
(ship's) anchor; anchor (final runner or swimmer in a relay race); (news) anchor; anchorman; anchor (in HTML); link to a previous post (on a message board); anchor (soccer position)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment