in comparison to; rather than
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
genuine article; real thing; real deal
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
only; merely; but; no more than
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(not) even once; (not) ever
name; given name; first name
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to have a talk; to tell a story