to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
personal; individual; private
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
guardian; protector; patron; parent
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
how many people; a number of people
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
any more; any further; any better; any longer
impossible to do (although wants to)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to accept; to receive; to agree