certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
individual; one by one; separate; each
person concerned; interested party; related party
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
until now; so far; up to the present
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
simply; merely; only; solely
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
older sister; elder sister
general; popular; common; typical
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
living thing; organism; creature; biology
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum