thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to say; to tell; to state; to do
sincere; earnest; serious
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
conscious; deliberate; intentional
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to be hesitant; to feel timid
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
our country; our land; one's own country
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
one's home country; one's homeland
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
minimum; at the very least
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
three; three years of age
(social) class; rank; grade
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties