promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
society; the world; the times
while; during; while; although; all; both
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
insurance; guarantee; warranty
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
throwaway; disposable; single-use
expiry date; use-by date; date of expiry
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...