to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
around the world; throughout the world
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
largest company; industry leader
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
number one; first; best; most; game; round
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
how; in what way; how about
time; hour; period; class
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered