easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to have a talk; to tell a story
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
in the same way as; just like
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
beyond this point; from now on; after this
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
of course; certainly; naturally
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
reality; actuality; hard fact
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on