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Steno Briefs A - M
common brief forms and phrases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a little | ALGTS |
| a long time | LAONGT |
| a lot | LAO |
| ability | ABLT |
| able to | AIBLT |
| about | ABT |
| above | BOV |
| accurate | KRIT |
| action | A*BGS |
| actual | TWAUL |
| actuality | WAUL/TI |
| actually | TWAIL |
| adds | ADZ |
| admirable | AD/MIRBL |
| admissibility | MIBLT |
| admissible | MIBL |
| ads | A*DZ |
| advance | VANS |
| advantageous | VANGS |
| advisory | VAOIZ/RI |
| after | AF |
| alcohol | KHOL |
| alcoholism | KHOL/IFM |
| all the | AULT |
| allegation | AELGS |
| allege | AELG |
| allergy | L-RG |
| almost | L-M |
| along | LAONG |
| alphabet | AFL |
| alphabetical | AEFL |
| alphabetically | AOEFL |
| already | L-R |
| always | AULZ |
| am I correct | MIKT |
| amount | AMT |
| and a half | NAF |
| and he had | SKPED |
| and he will | SKP*EL |
| and it is | SKPTS |
| and it's | SKP*TS |
| and you have been | SKPUFB |
| angel | AING / EL |
| ankle | A*NG / -L |
| another | AOT |
| anticipation | AEPGS |
| apathy | AP/THI |
| applicant | PLIKT |
| approximately | P-L |
| arbitrarily | ARB/TRAIRL |
| are you able to say | RUBLTS |
| are you able to | RUBLT |
| are you able | RUBL |
| are you familiar | RUFM |
| arrival | RAOIVL |
| article | ARL |
| as much as | S-FPS |
| as much | S-FP |
| as well as | SWELS |
| ask | SKP |
| assemble | SEM/BL |
| assembly | SEM/BLI |
| at a time | TAIT |
| at all times | TAULTS |
| at all | TA*UL |
| at least | TLAES |
| at once | TWUNS |
| at the end | TED |
| at the same time | TAIMT |
| authority | THORT |
| authorization | THORGS |
| authorize | THORZ |
| automobile | AUBL |
| away | WAE |
| baby | BAEB |
| baggy | BAEG |
| bankrupt | BRUPT |
| bankruptcy | BRUPS |
| battle | BALT |
| beautiful | BAOUFL |
| became | BAIM |
| because of the | BAUFT |
| because of | BAUF |
| because | BAUZ |
| become | B-K |
| been | B-N |
| began | GAN |
| begin | GIN |
| begun | G-N |
| behalf | BAF |
| behind | HIND |
| below | BLO |
| better than | BERN |
| between | TWAOEN |
| beyond | YOND |
| bicycle | BOIK |
| billion | B-L |
| bleary | BLAOER/YI |
| body | BOED |
| bossy | BOES |
| bring | BRI |
| brother | BROER |
| brutal | BRAOUT / -L |
| building | B-LG |
| business | BIZ |
| can be | K-B |
| can have | K-F |
| can he have | KEF |
| cancel | KANL |
| cancellation | KANLGS |
| capital | KAP / TAL |
| capitol | KAP / TOL |
| carry | KAER |
| casual | KAUZ / -L |
| cate (suffix) | KAIT |
| cease and desist | SD*S |
| central | STRAL |
| chairman | KHAIRM |
| chairperson | KHAIRP |
| challenge | KHAJ |
| chapel | CHAP / -L |
| chemical | KEM / KAL |
| circle | SIRL |
| circular | SIRK/LAR |
| circumstance | SIRK |
| city council | SKOUNS |
| city | STI |
| coffee | KOEF |
| comfort | K-FRT |
| Committee | KM*E |
| committee | KM-E |
| common sense | KM-NS |
| company | KPAEN |
| concern | K-RN |
| conclude | KLU |
| conclusion | KLUGS |
| condition | K-N |
| conditional | K-NL |
| conduct | KUKT |
| conduct | KUKT |
| confer | K-FR |
| conferred | K-FRD |
| conferring | K-FRG |
| confers | K-FRS |
| confidence | K-FD |
| confident | K-FT |
| conform | K-FM |
| conformity | K-FM/TI |
| connect | KEKT |
| connect | KEKT |
| conscience | K-RBS |
| conscientious | KERBS |
| conscious | KORBS |
| contact | KAKT |
| conversation | K FR GS |
| convict | KWIKT |
| conviction | KW*IX |
| copy | KOIP |
| could find | KOUFPD |
| council | KOUN / SIL |
| counsel | KOUNL |
| couple | KOUPL |
| courageously | KRAIJS/LI |
| court reporter | KROERT |
| coworker | CO / WRORK |
| cozy | KOEZ |
| crazy | KRAEZ |
| credibility | KREBLT |
| credible | KREBL |
| criminal information | KRIFGS |
| criminal intent | KRINT |
| criminal | KR-L |
| crinkle | KR*ING / -L |
| customarily | KMAIRL |
| customary | KMAIRL |
| daily | DAEL |
| dairy | DA*ER |
| danger | DAIJ |
| day of | DAIF |
| dear | DAER |
| decide | D-DZ |
| decidedly | D-DZ / DLI |
| defendant | D-FT |
| defense | DEFS |
| deform | DEFM |
| deformity | DEFMT |
| delay | DLAI |
| denial | D-NL |
| dental | DENL |
| destiny | D*ES/NI |
| detail | DAIL |
| did not | D-N |
| did you believe it | D*UBLT |
| did you believe that | DUBLT |
| did you believe | DUBL |
| did you feel | DUFL |
| did you see | DUS |
| disciplinary | SPLAIR |
| discipline | SPLIN |
| distance | SDANS |
| distant | SDANT |
| District Court | DROURT |
| disturb | SDURB |
| disturbance | SDURB/-NS |
| DNA | DAN |
| do not | DON |
| do that | DA*P |
| do this | DOJ |
| do you believe | DAOIBL |
| doesn't | DUNT |
| dollar | DLAR |
| donkey | DON/KI |
| dreary | DRAOER/YI |
| duty | DAOUT |
| MA*IL | |
| easily | EZ / LI |
| easy | EZ |
| economy | KMI |
| education | EGS |
| educational | ELGS |
| efficient | FIRBT |
| eligibility | JIBLT |
| eligible | JIBL |
| employable | PLOIBL |
| employee | PLOE |
| employer | PLOIR |
| employment | PLOIMT |
| enemy | EN/MI |
| engine | J-N |
| engineer | JER |
| entangle | SPWANG / -L |
| entirely | SPWAOIRL |
| entirely | SPWAOIRT |
| entrepreneur | SPWRUR |
| especially | EPS |
| etc. | ETS |
| every | EFR |
| everyone | EFRN |
| everything | EFRG |
| evidence | EVD |
| evident | EVT |
| examine | KP-M |
| excel | X-L |
| expect | X-PT |
| expectant | X-PT/-NT |
| expected | KP-PTD |
| expel | SKPEL |
| explained | X-ND |
| external | STERNL |
| failure | YUR |
| familiar | FLAR |
| familiarity | FLART |
| family | FAEM |
| fancy | FAENS |
| farther | FART |
| fatal | FAIT / -L |
| fatality | FALT |
| fatally | FAELT |
| father and mother | FAM |
| father or mother | FOM |
| Federal Court | FROURT |
| Federal | FRA*L |
| federal | FRAL |
| felon | FLON |
| felony | FLOEN |
| figure | YAOUR |
| figure | YAOUR |
| filthy | FIL/THI |
| finance | F-NS |
| financial | F-NL |
| first time | FIRT |
| flabby | FLAEB |
| floppy | FLOEP |
| focal | FOEK / -L |
| foggy | FOEG |
| for a | FAO |
| for example | FREX |
| for instance | FRIN/STANS |
| for the record | FRORD |
| for this | FOJ |
| foreign | FORN |
| formal | FORM / -L |
| fortunate | F-RNT |
| fortunately | F-RNLT |
| fortune | F-RN |
| frisk | FRIFK |
| fully | FUL/YI |
| function | FUNGS |
| furious | FAOURS |
| galley | GAL/LI |
| general | JEN |
| generosity | JENS / TI |
| generous | JENS |
| goat | GAOT |
| goatee | GOET |
| going to be | G-BT |
| going to | G-GT |
| golf | GOF |
| good many | G-M |
| government | GOFT |
| gravy | GRAEV |
| guarantee | GAERNT |
| guaranty | GAIRNT |
| guilty | G-LT |
| gullibility | GUBLT |
| had been | H-B |
| had gone | H*G |
| had had | H-D |
| had known | H*N |
| happy | HAEP |
| hasty | HA*ES |
| have had | V-D |
| he had | ED |
| he would | ELD |
| healthy | HEL/THI |
| heavy | HEV |
| help | H*EP |
| helpfully | H*EP/FLI |
| hepa- | HEP |
| herein | HAOERN |
| herself | H*ERS |
| himself | H*IMS |
| his Honor | SHON |
| hobby | HOEB |
| hockey | HOK/KI |
| hone | HO*EN |
| honest | HONS |
| honesty | HOENS |
| honey | HOEN |
| hospital | HOPT |
| hundred | HUN |
| I believe | IBL |
| i can't remember | YARM |
| I couldn't | YUNT |
| I couldn't | YUNT |
| I didn't remember | YIRM |
| I didn't think | YING |
| I don't have | YOF |
| I don't mean to | YOMT |
| I don't remember | YORM |
| I don't think | YONG |
| I don't understand | YONDZ |
| I had | ID |
| I have been | IFB |
| I know | KWR*N |
| I think | ING |
| ID | I*D |
| idea | Y-D |
| ideal | Y-L |
| ideas | Y-DZ |
| if any | FAEN |
| if I was | FIFS |
| if only | FONL |
| if you think so | FOUNGS |
| if you think | FUNG |
| imagine | MAJ |
| impartial | KPWAR/-RBL |
| importance | PORNS |
| important | PORNT |
| in a case | NA*IK |
| in front of me | FROEFM |
| in front of them | FROFM |
| in front of these | FROFTS |
| in front of us | FROFS |
| in front of | FROF |
| in spite of | N- / SPAOIF |
| in the end | NED |
| in this case | N*IK |
| in this | N-J |
| in which | N-FP |
| inactive | IN/TIF |
| income | N-K |
| income | N-KT |
| incomes | N-X |
| incompetence | IKTS |
| incompetent | IKT |
| increase | N-KZ |
| indeed | N-D |
| Individual | VIJ |
| industrialization | STRIL/ZAIGS |
| industry | STRI |
| infect | F-K |
| infection | F-X |
| infirmary | N-FRM/RI |
| inform | N-F |
| information | N-FGS |
| informative | N-F/TIV |
| informed | N-FD |
| informer | N-F/ER |
| informing | N-FG |
| injure | JIR |
| injurious | JOURS |
| Injury | JAOUR |
| innocence | NENS |
| innocent | N-NT |
| innocent | NENT |
| insane | IN/SAIN |
| insanity | IN/SAENT |
| inside | N-DZ |
| insist | N*Z |
| inspect | N-PT |
| inspection | N-PGS |
| instance | STANS |
| instant | STANT |
| instead | N-PD |
| insufficient | IN / SUF |
| insurable | SNUR / -BL |
| insurance | SNURNS |
| insure | SNUR |
| intelligence | SPWELG/-NS |
| intelligent | SPWELG/-NT |
| interest | SPW |
| interfere | SPW-FR |
| interference | SPW-FRNS |
| internal | SPWERNL |
| into the | SPWAOT |
| into | SPWAO |
| invest | NVS |
| investigate | NVGT |
| investigation | TPH*FGS |
| involve | VOF |
| involvement | VOFMT |
| irresistible | *IRS/-BL |
| irresistibly | *IRS/BLI |
| is not | SNOT |
| is that | STHA |
| is there | STHR- |
| issue | IRB/YAOU |
| it is | T-S |
| it would be | TWOUB |
| itself | *ITS |
| jealous | JELS |
| jealously | JELS/LI |
| jewelry | JIL |
| journal | JOURNL |
| journey | JUR/NI |
| just feel | J-FL |
| just have | J-F |
| just will | J*L |
| just | J- |
| juvenile court | JOURT |
| juvenile delinquent | JAOUVLD |
| juvenile | JAOUVL |
| kidney | KID/NI |
| lacy | LAES |
| landlord | L-LD |
| larceny | LAERS |
| last time | LAMT |
| later | LAER |
| lawsuit | LAUT |
| lawyer | LAUR |
| lazy | LAEZ |
| legal | LAOEL |
| let us | LETS |
| liberty | LIBT |
| liberty | LIBT |
| library | LAOIB |
| listen | L-N |
| little | LGTS |
| logical | L-L |
| logically | LIL |
| loyal | LOIL |
| major | JOR |
| majority | JORT |
| manage | MANG |
| manager | M-G |
| many | M- |
| material | TERL |
| matter | MAER |
| may be | M-B |
| Mayor | MA*IR |
| medially | M*ED/LI |
| medical | M*K |
| medley | MED/LI |
| mega (prefix) | MEG |
| mental | MENL |
| mentality | MENLT |
| method | MEFD |
| methodology | MEFD/OLG |
| militarily | MILT/LI |
| militarization | MILGS |
| military | MILT |
| million | M-L |
| minority | NORT |
| miracle | MIRK / -L |
| mist | M*IS |
| mobility | MOEBLT |
| monetarily | MON/TAIRL |
| monkey | MON/KI |
| more than | M-RN |
| more time | M-RMT |
| more | PH-R |
| mortal | MORT / -L |
| most of the | MOFT |
| mother and father | MAFR |
| mother or father | MOFR |
| motor vehicle | MOEVK |
| motorcycle | MOIK |
| movability | MOV/-BLT |
| move | MOV |
| movie | MOEV |
| movie | MOV/VI |
| Mr. Chairman | MR-FP |
| Mr. president | MR-PT |
| must be | PHUB |
| myself | MAO*EUS |
| myself | MAO*I |