to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
familiar spirit; familiar
distant; remote; isolated
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
length (of an animal); body length
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
full length; total length; overall length
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
literally; to the letter; literal
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
proofreading; calibration
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
by means of; due to; because of; according to
measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey