I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
sense of values; values; value system
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
maintaining the status quo
good; goodness; right; virtue
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
many; much; plenty; hardly
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
the place for; the time for; the level of
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question