what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
the other day; a few days ago
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
board chairman; managing director; chief director
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
star attraction; draw card; crowd puller
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
cough cough; with a (wet) cough; violently (coughing)