to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to become dull; to become lifeless; to get bored; to lose interest; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock); to weaken (of the market)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
class; heading; group; category
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which