story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
questionnaire; survey; poll
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
now; the present time; just now; another; more
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
questionnaire results; survey results
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?