thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to slap; to strike; to spank
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
together; at the same time; same; identical
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily