and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
time; hour; period; class
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
malicious; deliberately mean
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
what do you want?; can I help you?
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
pupil; student; schoolchild