looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
suddenly; all of a sudden
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to correct oneself; to restate
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
elementary, junior high and high school
(not) even once; (not) ever
use; utilization; utilisation; application
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to pay with one's own money; to pay out of one's own pocket
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
outline; summary; argument
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)