to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
otherwise; if not; or else
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
while; during; while; although; all; both
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
immediately; right away; at once; instantly