occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
how many people; a number of people
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
front; frontage; facade; main
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
mental; spiritual; emotional
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
interested person; volunteer; supporter
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
person concerned; interested party; related party
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
cooperation; coordination; link
settlement; solution; resolution
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)