essential; important; crucial; vital; main
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
at that time; in those days
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
in comparison to; rather than
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
different strokes for different folks; people doing something in their own way
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
difference; discrepancy; variation
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
difficult to ...; hard to ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-