near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
arrest; apprehension; capture
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to be found; to be discovered
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
meaning; significance; sense
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
such; like that; that sort of
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust