to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
serious; not joking; straight
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
special; particular; peculiar; unique
police; police officer; police station
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)