tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
meaning; significance; sense
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
for this very reason; that is exactly why
direct appeal; direct petition
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
nothing but; except; no more than
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
maid; helper; help; assistance
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
name; given name; first name
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office