retreat; withdrawal; retirement
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
what kind of; what sort of; what
meaning; significance; sense
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
suffix for familiar person
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be found; to be discovered
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
danger; peril; hazard; risk
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
at once; immediately; right now
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!