today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
quick-witted; quick to understand
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
accurate; correct; precise; exact
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
such; this sort of; like this
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be smeared; to be covered