almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
such; like that; that sort of
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to stop walking; to pause
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
after that; afterwards; thereafter
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
while; even though; despite
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
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expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
function; facility; faculty; feature
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to like; to love; to be fond of
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...