at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
then; well; so; well then
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
9th day of the month; nine days
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
homecoming; returning home
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust