as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
graded on N steps; scored out of N
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
as you see; as you can see
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
older brother and younger sister
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
had better ...; had better not ...
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect