top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to be sacked; to be dismissed
matter of time; question of time
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
way; method; means; resource; course
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
how; in what way; by what means
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
within the next couple of days; in a day or two
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
script; screenplay; scenario
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
control; management (e.g. of a business)
secret accounts; second set of accounts
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with