to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
together with; same; both; all; including ...
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to indicate; to show; to point to
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern