thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
like this; this sort; this way
preface; introduction; preamble
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
answering machine; answerphone
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be found; to be discovered
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
man; male; masculine gender
university student; college student
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
witnessing; observing; sighting
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
name; given name; first name
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
patent; special permission; license; licence
intellectual property; IP
to concern; to be related
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
such; this sort of; like this
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)