important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
so; like this; in this way
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
how; in what way; how about; questionable
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to become better; to improve
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
time; hour; period; class
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
(senior) managing director
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
company president; manager; director
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
editor (in publishing, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record