busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
material; materials; data; information; documents
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
doctors; teachers; lawyers
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
hey there; I say; see here
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
such; this sort of; like this
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
star player; star athlete
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
feeling slightly nauseous; feeling like one is about to retch; yecch; yeck; ech
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with