uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to collapse into; to flop onto
fifth day of the month; five days
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
determination; resolution
official name; formal name
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
to be helpful; to be useful
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
even more; still more; further
patting; stroking; caressing
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck