cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
main question; real issue at hand
the opening greeting on letters
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
instability; insecurity; crankiness
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
episode; anecdote; vignette
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to add (e.g. a postscript)
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
along the road; along the way
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
story; tale; talk; discussion
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to begin to walk; to set out
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability