to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
difficult to ...; hard to ...
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
portion; potion (e.g. magical)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
protracted war; war of attrition
considerably; fairly; quite
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
how long; how far; how much
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
how long; how much; to what extent
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with