success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to compete with; to vie for
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
important post; important office; key position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
nothing but; except; no more than
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
editor (in publishing, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
live appearance (e.g. on television)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
please sit down; please have a seat
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point