receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
material; materials; data; information; documents
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
regret; repentance; remorse
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
man; male; masculine gender
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy