Shorthand (big vocabulary list)

This is the first page of the shorthand system which I write about in the Shorthand article of MemoryBloke.com . That Shorthand article introduces and completes the tutorial.

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Word	Code	Default meaning	Comment 2	Comment 3	Comment 4
why	0
how	1
because	2
what	3
for	4
where	5
or	6
when	7
and	8
if	9
a / an	A
alkaline	A2
act	A3	theatrical acting	behave	Perform a duty	to be 'on duty'
already	A4
angle	A5
around	A6	around the outside	approximately
also	A7
anything	A8
able	A9
always	AA
about	AB
absorb	AB2
ability	AB3
according	AC
active	AC2
action	AC3	action: behaviour carried out	legal action
accept	AC4	accept an offering	accept a point of view or idea
accommodation	AC5
across	AC6
accident	AC7	unintended injury	chance occurrence
accuse	AC8
activate	AC9
add	AD	plus	gain
advice	AD2
adult	AD3
admit	AD4	to admit an action	to confess to a bad action	to allow in
adverse	AD5	adverse	derive: adversity
acid	AD6
above	AE
after	AF
affect	AF2
afford	AF3
again	AG
against	AG2	touching	anti-
agree	AG3
agreement	AG4	legal agreement	agreement
age	AG5	how old something is	become older
aggression	AG6	aggression	aggravate
anyhow	AH
aim	AI	try to align target	ambition
air	AI2	air - possibly more general than just oxygen	oxygen
ask	AK	ask a question	ask for (request)	wonder	challenge assumption
all	AL
alone	AL2
allow	AL3
alive	AL4
alcohol	AL5
ally	AL6
accelerate	AL7
alert	AL8	wide awake	an alarm	alert a warning	inform (bring to someone's attention)
although	AL9
am	AM
amaze	AM2
among	AM3
amends	AM4	to make amends
an	AN
angry	AN2
anti-	AN3
annoy	AN4
ankle	AN5
ancient	AN6
animal	AN7
anyone	AO
appear	AP	seem	become present	arrive	how one looks: in a presentation of oneself
approximate	AP2
approve	AP3
apart	AP4	not in the same place
appropriate	AP5	appropriate	appropriate for
alphabet	AP6
ape	AP7
appearance	AP8	how something looks
acquire	AQ	to obtain
arrange	AR	are	plural of 'is'
area	AR2	an area	mathematical area	category as an area of a syllabus
arm	AR3
arts	AR4
argument	AR5	disagreement but aggressive	logical argument
arch	AR6
arrange	AR7	put in order	make a booking
as	AS
associate	AS2	mentally associate	mix with people	associate within a business service
ascend	AS3
access	AS4
asset	AS5
at	AT
attention	AT2	mental focus	mental focus from another on to oneself
attract	AT3
attitude	AT4	one's behavioural approach
athlete	AT5
atom	AT6
attack	AT7
attribute	AT8	one of the attributes	to attribute
authority	AU
aunt	AU2	immediate family aunt
Autumn	AU3
avoid	AV
available	AV2
achieve	AV3
arrive	AV4
anywhere	AW
aware	AW2	be self-aware	the information is not news
award	AW3
axel	AX
axe	AX2
away	AY
activity	AY2
so	B
be a	B1
better	B2	superior	improved health
buy	B3
before	B4	before (occurs earlier in time)	in front of
bad	B5
to be	B6
to be a	B7
to be the	B8
branch	B9	of a tree	to branch out	a branch of an organisation
back	BA	rear	support	returned	spine
background	BA2	not foreground	context	not at the forefront of your attention
balance	BA3	equilibrium	balanced sense of well being	accounting balance
ball	BA4	sphere	ball for a game
baby	BB
become	BC
behind	BD
budget	BD2	budget	allowance (as credit to purchase with)
beard	BD3	a beard
bed	BD4
badger	BD5	badger animal	to nag	nagging
be	BE
bend	BE2
belong	BE3
because of	BF
benefit	BF2
big	BG
bag	BG2
beg	BG3
behave	BH	good manners	function
birth	BI	to give birth to	a birth
bill	BI2
bird	BI3
bristle	BI4
backward	BK	backwards
brick	BK2
break (2)	BK3	break a law
book	BK4	a reading book	to book an appointment	derive: a booking
below	BL
blood	BL2
biology	BL3
blow	BL4	blow (air)	a landing blow in a fight
blind	BL5
blame	BL6
blue	BL7
black	BL8
bulb	BL9	gardening bulb	light bulb	bulb shape
bottom	BM
bump	BM2	bump (curvature on a surface)	collide and bounce
bamboo	BM3
ban	BN
bone	BN2
bean	BN3	bean	pea
bounce	BN4
both	BO
body	BO2	whole of a human or creature's body	human body	the overall dimensions of an object	a machine's body
boil	BO3
border	BO4
boss	BO5	chief / head / manager	to instruct in the capacity of boss
bore	BO6	be boring personality	drill a hole
bounce	BO7
bother	BO8	irritate	make the effort
bring	BR
breathe	BR2	breathe	derive: breath
borrow	BR3
brother	BR4
bright	BR5	light intensity	intelligent
break	BR6	stop being whole	stop functioning	a rest	a holiday
board	BR7	a thin rectangular or square object
brush	BR8
brave	BR9
busy	BS
bus	BS2
bias	BS3
bit	BT	a small part	a digital bit	a drill bit
bitter	BT2
boat	BT3
bottle	BT4
beauty	BT5	beauty	derive: beautiful
bite	BT6
beat	BT7	beat (win against)	beat (a drum)	beat (pulse eg. heart)
bolt	BT8	unit of measurement for a roll of material	a bolt for a nut	move fast from stationary position to escape
but	BU
burn	BU2	to burn in fire	an injury burn
build	BU3	to build
building	BU4	a building	a structure
bureaucrat	BU5
bureaucracy	BU6
bury	BU7
burn out	BU8	exhausting or using up (not just a fire)
business	BU9	a company	business as in the world of business
believe	BV
between	BW
bow	BW2	a bow for shooting arrows	to bow (a sign of respect)
bowl	BW3	a bowl	to bowl
box	BX	a type of container
by	BY
boy	BY2
boyfriend	BY3
best	BZ
she	C
claim	C2	purport	a right to an asset
call	C3	call out a name	how one is named: I am called...	beckon	call by telephone
clear	C4	tidy up	not foggy	a clear understanding	blank as opposed to null
change	C5	to change (in general)	to substitute out	to change state	residual money to return after money is handed over
complete	C6	whole	finish off
cause	C7
colour (color)	C8
carry	C9	carry	transmit (sound carries across a field)
cancel	CA	to stop a process	signals net to zero
catch	CA2	capture. eg. catch a fish	be caught in a trap or prison	catch a ball	catch: part of a door, for example
carriage	CA3	train carriage	lorry carriage	other vehicle carriage	the act of carrying
calendar	CA4
car	CA5	a motor car	a coach of a vehicle such as a train carriage	cart
clan	CA6
combination	CB
concern	CC	is to do with: it concerns	to have an interest in a subject	a worry
circle	CC2
conceive	CC3	early life stage	to picture a concept
could	CD
cold	CD2	cold temperature	cold causing sneezes
credible	CD3
cauldron	CD4
correct	CE
centre	CE2
centi-	CE3
celebrate	CE4
censor	CE5
comfortable	CF	physically comfortable	comfortable with an idea or with a suggestion
clarify	CF2
cliff	CF3	cliff
category	CG
cough	CG2
congratulate	CG3
ceiling	CG4
charge	CG5	to rush at	charge a battery	charge someone with breaking a law
choose	CH
child	CH2
chemical	CH3
chop	CH4	to chop with a knife	a cut of meat	a chopping hand blow
check	CH5	test a state	a promise of payment (U.S. spelling)
challenge	CH6	challenge (to resist)	challenge a person	challenge an idea	an obstacle to overcome
choke	CH7
cheek	CH8	be cheeky	part of the face
character	CH9	how someone is in their approach and nature	a fictional being	a writing character eg. in Chinese writing	a good quality character of a person. He has character
certain	CI	a particular	definite: no doubt
chain	CI2	a chain in general	an engineering chain part of a machine	a jewellery chain	a chain of ideas
climate	CI3
chip	CI4	to chip	a chip (in general)	a vegetable chip
clock	CK
close	CL	not near	opposite of open	a closeness in human relationship
climb	CL2	eg. a person climbs a steep hill	an airplane climbs in altitude
cloud	CL3
clean	CL4	not dirty	tidy up
clothes	CL5
collapse	CL6
calculate	CL7	mathematics kind	work out mentally
culture	CL8	culture	biology lab culture	culture sophistication
cool	CL9	to cool	all right; acceptable	more than all right
come	CM
communicate	CM2
compress	CM3	physically compress	represent information or data by using less data
complain	CM4
crime	CM5
comment	CM6	give an opinion
compatible	CM7
common	CM8	not rare
compose	CM9	to constitute	create
can	CN	able	tin
count	CN2	count up	rely (on)
contain	CN3	contain	containment (keeping within the confines)	contents (what is inside)
container	CN4	container in general	container one associates with a lid	container like a basin
constant	CN5
contrast	CN6
cone	CN7
conscience	CN8
confuse	CN9
comma	CO
condition	CO2	clause	quality: in good or bad condition	adapt through repetition
convince	CO3
confident	CO4
co-operate	CO5
conclude	CO6	make a conclusion	come to an end
connect	CO7	physically connect	mentally associate
collect	CO8	collect. eg. Collect stamps	collection	gather together.eg. people gather (themselves)	collect someone or something (by travelling)
compare	CP	to compare	comparison
computer	CP2
cope	CP3
copy	CP4	to copy	to forge
capable	CP5
crop	CP6
compete	CP7	compete	competition to take part in
cup	CP8
companion	CP9
consequence	CQ
care	CR	to care about	to care for (for someone needing assistance)
cry	CR2
cross	CR3	as a verb: eg. to cross a road	a shape of right angle intersection
crack	CR4	crack (verb)	a crack	to give up - having resisted earlier
corner	CR5	a corner of a shape	to corner to reduce exit opportunities
criterion	CR6
criticise	CR7
creep	CR8	to creep	creepy
crawl	CR9	to crawl along the ground
consider	CS	to think about a concept	to think about a person's welfare
cost	CS2	to cost	the cost
careless	CS3
chest	CS4	body chest	furniture chest
conclusive	CS5
case	CS6	legal case	travel case	one of the avenues to explore: one of several cases	a medical case occasion about a patient
course	CS7	a course of lessons
criss-cross	CS8
cut	CT
correlate	CT2
control	CT3	to control	control: state of being in control	device: the controls
commit	CT4	to guarantee that one will do something	to commit an offence
cotton	CT5
connotation	CT6
cloth	CT7
city	CT8
collate	CT9	to collate information
continue	CU
curve	CU2	to curve	a curve
cube	CU3
current	CU4	at the moment	electrical current	contemporary
column	CU5	column in general	vertical column in a table of data	architectural column	Literature column of presentation
clue	CU6
curl	CU7	to curl up	to curl in a curved motion	a curl (in general)	hair curl
cousin	CU8
crunch	CU9	crush	eating crunch
cover	CV	cover	a cover or lid	cover a discussion point	overlap
convert	CV2
create	CV3	to create	drive: creative
conversation	CV4
canvas	CV5	surface of artwork
convenient	CV6
controversial	CV7
converscate	CV8
civil	CV9	in civil matters	civil behaviour	derive: civilian	derive: civilisation
chew	CW
cow	CW2
cowrie (a type of sea shell)	CW3
claw	CW4	to claw	a claw	claws
crowd	CW5	a crowd	an audience
context	CX
complex	CX2
cycle	CY	a cyclic process	a cycle vehicle such as a bicycle
cylinder	CY2
creepy crawly	CY3	a lifeform about the size of an insect that moves on or under the ground
contrary	CY4
contradict	CY5
currency	CY6
chimney	CY7
clumsy	CY8
these	D
do a / does a	D1
decide	D2	decide	decisive	decision
die	D3	to die	death
did the	D4
do the / does the	D5
to do	D6
did a	D7
doubt	D8
deer	D9	a female deer
day	DA
damn	DA2
data	DA3
dance	DA4
dare	DA5
daughter	DA6
decibel	DB
distribute	DB2
debt	DB3
disable	DB4	to stop from functioning properly
disability	DB5	disability	disabled (human)
direct	DC	straight	give instructions
decorate	DC2	to decorate	decoration	decorations
declare	DC3	divulge	announce	a speech
document	DC4	to document	a document
decrease	DC5	decrease
decay	DC6	rot	become less and less in substance (via entropy)
decimal	DC7	decimal system
did	DD
dead	DD2
dedicate	DD3
deadly	DD4	lethal
disorder	DD5	disorder (not working properly)	chaos	medical complaint (see complain)
drilldown	DD6	into detail
de	DE
despite	DE2
death	DE3
describe	DE4
define	DE5
deserve	DE6
delay	DE7
device	DE8
detain	DE9
differ	DF	to differ	derive: different
defend	DF2	defend in court	defend an opinion	physically defend (also see 'protect')
defeat	DF3
differentiate	DF4	to tell the difference	in maths, the differentiation operation
defy	DF5
defect	DF6	something wrong
draft	DF7	an early version
deaf	DF8
during	DG
digital	DG2
diagram	DG3
dig	DG4
degree	DG5	angle of the 360 kind	degree unit in another context
danger	DG6
dog	DG7
dragon	DG8
disappoint	DI2
disapprove	DI3
disrupt	DI4
disassemble	DI5
discard	DI6	throw away
disregard	DI7	assign no value to an instruction or to advice
discover	DI8	to encounter unintentionally	to find out
disrespect	DI9
dark	DK	dark	dark moody atmosphere
dusk	DK2
deliver	DL	deliver a communication or package	deliver a baby
damage	DM
dim	DM2	light intensity	stupidity
dimension	DM3	dimension	axis of a graph	parameter of a databse
demand	DM4	how much something is wanted	insist (see 'insist')
dominate	DM5
drum	DM6
done	DN
deny	DN2	deny knowledge	deny a request
daunt	DN3	(daunting task)
denominator	DN4
don't	DN5
do	DO
door	DO2	door (physical)	door (figurative logical)	doorway
domicile	DO3
depend	DP	it depends	depend upon a person for one's livelihood	for success an outcome depends on something or someone
deep	DP2	depth dimension into distance and foreground	depth downwards	intense	deep meaning
deploy	DP3
displace	DP4	displacement as a knock-on effect
depress	DP5	depress (make sad)	depress (not just sad but mental illness)
dip	DP6	to dip into liquid (like a biscuit into tea)	the dip food that food can be dipped into	a movement of going down and then up again
doctor	DR
direction	DR2
drink	DR3	drink (v)	a drink
drop	DR4	verb	a drop like a drop of water
drain	DR5
draw	DR6	do art	even result	to extract
drag	DR7	drag along a surface
drug	DR8	a drug
drama	DR9	eventful happening	acting (theatre)
dispose of	DS
dismantle	DS2
disagree	DS3
descend	DS4
disease	DS5	disease	infectious disease	non-infectious disease
disadvantage	DS6
disappear	DS7	vanish	go away
discipline	DS8	control over behaviour	strict
distinguish	DS9	tell the difference
difficult	DT	difficult	difficulty	difficult (when describing a person's nature)
detail	DT2
detect	DT3
deity	DT4
dot	DT5
distance	DT6	distance	distant (spatially)	distant (in time)	distant (indirect)
due [meanings: pending/due to]	DU
dust	DU2
divide	DV	to divide	division (mathematics)	division (of an organisation)	a divide
derive	DV2
develop	DV3	develop	development
deviate	DV4
dissolve	DV5	dissolve	disband
drive	DV6	drive (vehicle)	drive (self-motivation)
down	DW
dry	DY
dirty	DY2
destroy	DY3
dye	DY4	to dye	a dye
discuss	DZ	to discuss	to debate the pros and cons
dozen	DZ2	twelve
they	E
-ed to	E2
either	E3
exclude	E4
examine	E5
ever	E6
explain	E7
everything	E8
earn	EA
east	EA2
eat	EA3	eat	human or animal eats	generally, consume energy
early	EA4
Earth	EA5	planet Earth	earth (soil)
easy-going	EA6
elbow	EB
each	EC
edge	ED
enter	EE
entrance	EE2
effect	EF	what is caused	effects for drama such as special effects
effort	EF2
effective	EF3	effective	effectively - doing something to a good standard	effectively - achieves a result by a different means
efficient	EF4
eg.	EG
egg	EG2
exchange	EG3	to exchange	an exchange	derive: a stock exchange
enough	EH
eight	EI
eject	EJ
enjoy	EJ2
else	EL
electricity	EL2
electric	EL3
electronic	EL4
emotion	EM	feelings
embarrass	EM2
empty	EM3	remove contents	null
empathy	EM4
employ	EM5
embroidery	EM6
end	EN
energy	EN2
entertain	EN3
enemy	EN4
enforce	EN5
encourage	EN6
enable	EN7
escape	EP	to escape successfully	to be in the process of running away (flee)
explode	EP2
epidemic	EP3
expression	EP4	facial expression
express	EP5	express an idea or emotion	express as communication	express as a display (eg. art) without needing an audience
expose	EP6	expose	expose a wrong	expose to a weakening environment (exposure)	put on exhibition
expensive	EP7
equal	EQ	equals	is the same as	equal in rank
era	ER
ear	ER2
error	ER3
easy	ES
especially	ES2
essential	ES3	essential	essentially as 'needed for a reason'	essentially as 'not polished but done'	essence (the essential part)
escort	ES4
etc.	ET
ethic	ET2
exit	ET3
ethnic	ET4
even	EV	even as a type of emphasis	equal score	not an odd number	items are level with each other
evaluate	EV2
evidence	EV3
event	EV4	social event	occurrence
eventual	EV5
evening	EV6
extrovert	EV7
everywhere	EW
ex	EX
extreme	EX2
experience	EX3	verb	experienced (capability from experience)	adventure
expect	EX4	expect	expectation (not necessarily predicted)	expect (as a consequence of the rules of a system)	await (wait for)
excrete	EX5	excrete	excrement	excretion
excite	EX6	stimulate	stimulate happiness
exercise	EX7	keep fit	task
excuse	EX8	as in 'excuse me' to introduce oneself
extra	EX9	beyond normal amount
every	EY
eye	EY2
this	F
fear	F2
find	F3
fast	F4	quick	to go without food deliberately
few	F5	opposite of many	a few (3 but not much more)	a count of three
fair	F6	a sense of what is right
flu	F7
far	F8
fact	FA
faith	FA2
family	FA3
father	FA4
false	FA5
fall	FA6	fall	fall off	fall out	Autumn
farm	FA7
fantasy	FA8	a fiction
fault	FA9	someone's fault	blame	A geological fault
face	FC	the face on a head	to face a situation
factor	FC2	part of what contributed to a decision	a whole number factor of a bigger number
field	FD	a farming field	a physics field
feel	FE	sense texture	emotionally feel	level of wellness
female	FE2
fertile	FE3
ferment	FE4
fifty	FF
finger	FG
fight	FG2	to fight	a fight
forgive	FG3
foreign	FG4	from another country	outside normal experience	unknown

Note that the Town 100 article has 100 broad topic categories which may be a way to add further words alongside this system.

See Page 2 of Shorthand