steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister
number one; first; best; most; game; round
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
broadcast(ing) satellite; BS; satellite television
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
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to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
end; close; conclusion; termination
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
sorry; excuse me; thank you
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
question; inquiry; enquiry
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
tax reduction; tax avoidance; tax planning
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that