letter; missive; note; mail
sympathy; empathy; response
unimportant details; inessentials
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to spend time (on doing something)
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to be muddy; to be slushy
confused; inconsistent; incoherent; patchy
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally