how many months?; how long?
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
capital; funds; seed money; asset
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
distinction; differentiation; classification
equality; impartiality; evenness
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be silent; to say nothing
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
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
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
large amount of money; great cost
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
impossible; unlikely; improbable
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
prefix for forming ordinal numbers