not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
the place for; the time for; the level of
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
personal; individual; private
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
no!; no no!; no, not at all
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
talented person; clever person
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
place to put something; place where one put something; place to put oneself
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
society; the world; the times
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
bluffing; bluster; bravado
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious