don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
nothing but; except; no more than
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
don't you think?; indicates question
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
myself; yourself; I; me; you
name; given name; first name
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo