to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
intellectuals; intelligentsia; educated class
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
firm; strong; solid; stable
formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person