you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar
obedience; submission; resignation
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
consequently; as a result
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
narrow margin; slim margin
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
chief; main; principal; important
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
curiosity; inquisitiveness
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
eccentric; crank; oddball
traffic; coming and going; highway