common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
good humour (humor); good mood
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
world; society; people; the public
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
product; produce; result; fruit
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
growth period; growing season
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
future prospects; promise
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
odds and ends; all; every
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor