gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
mission; delegation; mission (assignment); (religious) mission; mission school; transmission (in a motor vehicle)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
how much; how many; to what extent
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!