briskly; quickly; promptly
control; management (e.g. of a business)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
Ursidae (family comprising the bears)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
potato chips; potato crisps
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular