business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
while; during; while; although; all; both
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
sorry; excuse me; thank you
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
ago; since; before; previous
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
until now; so far; up to the present
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
just because; even if; even though
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
alone; by oneself; on one's own
all; entire; whole; altogether
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back