meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
world; society; people; the public
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
why; how; for what reason
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
convenient; handy; useful
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
three; three years of age
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; 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
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
capacity; volume; capacitance
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
nothing but; except; no more than
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum