near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
free medical treatment; gratuitous treatment
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
form; shape; figure; visage
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
presence; sitting with; being with
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to concern; to be related
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
lately; recently; nowadays
poor physical health; bad shape