1. stuff
Stuff happens.
If you stuff the box too full, the bottom will fall out.
Playing country-western music on guitar is real kid stuff to a true professional.
I'm stuffed...
We ought to buy some new office equipment: the stuff we've got is out of date.
I'm a thief, I'll go back when I've taken the stuff. Report me and I'll stab you.
Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
It was full of spider webs and stuff, but there didn't seem to be any other way to go, so we firmed up our resolve and went.
I don't understand how in the world they can take your stuff for safekeeping, but then the post office guy has the nerve to tell you "Sorry, we lost it" and expect that to be the end of it.
I'm always writing weird and hoopy stuff so I'm sure it's difficult to comment on.
I like the one-sided view foreigners have of Japan. It makes me happy when ninjas, hentai anime, samurai and stuff like that come up.
Stuff the pillow and then sew up the final seam. There's sticky stuff all over the chair.
stuffed cabbage, peppers, mushrooms
He managed to stuff all his dirty clothes into the wardrobe before his mother came into the room.
I’ve left some of my stuff at my parents’ home because there wasn’t room for everything in my new flat.
2. thing
These things are mine.
Innocence is a beautiful thing.
I suppose that behind each thing we have to do, there's something we want to do...
He soon grows tired of a thing regardless of how much he liked it to begin with.
Being knowledgeable about Japanese culture is a good thing.
He writes a daily journal, and that inspired me to try doing the same thing, but in English.
He never believes in paying any more for a thing than is necessary.
One thing I don't like about the iPad is that you can't easily install apps that aren't available through Apple's App Store.
Marriage can be a wonderful thing if two people understand each other.
You're the only person I know besides me who is actually interested in this kind of thing.
A critically wounded elephant went berserk and attacked every living thing in his path.
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
It may seem like just a little thing to you, but Tom is really worried about the whole thing.
The most essential thing in the world to any individual is to understand himself.
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.