splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
timewasting; killing time
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
time; hour; period; class
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
good feeling; feeling good
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
as a child; when one was a child
correction; rectification; mending; repair
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)