to play a leading role; to play a central part
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be silent; to say nothing
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
time; hour; period; class
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to recall; to remember; to recollect
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
in that way; thus; so; so?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing