purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
research paper; study; thesis
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
at least; at most; (even) just
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
pointing out; identification
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
complementation; supplementation; completion
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit