to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
considerably; greatly; a lot
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
15th day of the month; 15 days
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
sorry; excuse me; thank you
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
goodbye; farewell; so long
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
all present; all concerned; all of us
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly