underestimation; undervaluation
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to recall; to remember; to recollect
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
a few years ago; some years back
one's post; place of work; workplace
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
on the occasion of; at the time of
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
difference; variation; difference
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
anything and everything; just about everything
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
one's physical safety; personal security
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
example; simile; metaphor; allegory