near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
old person; elderly person; senior citizen
how; in what way; how about
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
reality; actuality; hard fact
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to draw the line; to set a boundary; to make a clear distinction
nothing but; except; no more than
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
myself; yourself; I; me; you
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
for this very reason; that is exactly why