degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
in the meanwhile; during the time
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
number one; first; best; most; game; round
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
reconciliation; make peace with
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
together; at the same time; same; identical
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull