near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
that; the matter in question
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
confidence; trust; faith; credit
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to collect; to assemble; to gather
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be able to manage somehow or other
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to be profitable; to yield a profit
society; the world; the times
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
had better ...; had better not ...