case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
only; merely; but; no more than
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
how many people; a number of people
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
(committee) chairman; president
surname; family name; last name
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
head of the student council; president of the student council
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
simply; merely; only; solely
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant