state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to have a talk; to tell a story
time; hour; period; class
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
in the same way as; just like
to carry out one's mission
completion; perfection; accomplishment
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many