substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
myself; yourself; I; me; you
when it becomes; when it comes to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
one end; an end; part; fragment
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing