area; domain; territory; field; range; region
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
than; from; out of; except; but; more
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
serious; not joking; straight
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
early (days); initial stage; initial
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
last night; yesterday evening
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
consultation; consulting; consul