thing; matter ; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis ; circumstances; situation; state of affairs ; work; business; affair ; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to ; nominalizing suffix ; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ; alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or ; necessity; need ; you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry ; to possess; to have; to own ; to maintain; to keep ; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive ; to take charge of; to be in charge of ; to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.) ; to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
important; serious; crucial ; valuable; precious ; serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis ; great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing ; safe; OK
to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob ; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship ; to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices ; to be not worth worth the name; to suffer (of a reputation); to be spoiled; to be put to shame ; to lament; to bemoan; to bewail
at the same time; at once; simultaneously; concurrently ; just as ...; the moment ...; just after ... ; (but) at the same time; as well as; also; on the other hand
to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) ; to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable ; to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.) ; to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up ; to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready ; to grow (of a crop); to be produced ; to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character ; to be by nature; to be born ... ; to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone) ; to get pregnant
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember ; to learn; to pick up; to acquire ; to feel ; to think; to regard
it is ... that ...; precisely; in particular; definitely; for sure; only (when, after, because, etc.) ; although; while; it is the case that ... but ; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ... ; not at all; not in the slightest; absolutely not; never
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow ; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out ; I know!; I think so too!
already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer ; soon; shortly; before long; presently ; further; more; again; another; the other ; jeez; geez; gee; boy; come on; damn; seriously
above; over; up ; top; summit; upper part; head (e.g. of a staircase) ; surface; on (top of) ; the above (in a piece of writing); earlier part ; superior; better; higher (position, rank, etc.); upper (class) ; elder; older; senior ; with respect to ...; in terms of; as far as ... is concerned; when (e.g. drunk) ; besides ...; in addition to ...; on top of ...; as well as ... ; after ...; upon ...; on ...; with (e.g. full awareness); as a result of ... ; since ...; now that ...; because ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now ; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat ; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... ; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!
to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain ; to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to ; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain ; towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe ; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge ; to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on ; to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.) ; to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try ; to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
ogre; demon; oni ; spirit of a deceased person ; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ; it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) ; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ; very; extremely; super-
there's no (other) way ; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; it is what it is ; it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough ; hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful ; cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)