to like; to love; to be fond of
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
a glance; a look; a glimpse
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
declaration; proclamation; announcement
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few