today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
all; entire; whole; altogether
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
rather; better; instead; if anything
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
kind; sort; species; species
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
while; during; while; although; all; both
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
cattleya (type of orchid)
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
not caring; not giving a damn