guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
handful; small amount; small number
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
right beside; close to; nearby
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
constable; method of catching criminals
to happen to meet; to come across
no!; no no!; no, not at all
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
you can never be too careful
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to say too much; to go too far
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
difference; discrepancy; variation