close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
recitation; reciting from memory
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
price; cost; value; worth; value
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
article; thing; object; property; real estate
due form; official; formality
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
danger; peril; hazard; risk
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
regardless of; irrespective of
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
believable; credible; trustworthy
transactions; dealings; business
all-out attack; general offensive
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
fourth day of the month; four days
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to be in danger of; to be liable to
within; inside of; less than
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
total energy; all efforts