to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
no, not like that (but like this)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
name; given name; first name
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?