future prospects; promise
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
declaration; proclamation; announcement
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to hide; to keep to oneself
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
rest; break; recess; intermission
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
dull; stupid; thickheaded; slow; sluggish
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
one-way mirror; two-way mirror
observation; survey; watching
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm