older sister; lass; young lady
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
two persons; two people; pair; couple
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
playground (for children); park
(social) position; status
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
in that way; thus; so; so?
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
plastic; pula (currency of Botswana)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...