to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to attempt; to test; to try out
transactions; dealings; business
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
by sheer strength; by brute force
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
too much; excessively; too
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
Tulipa edulis (species of tulip with an edible bulb)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
trio; gang of three; threesome
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
at once; immediately; right now
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
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
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point