reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
political measures; policy
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to take a veneer off something
to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
such; like that; that sort of; very
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair