used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
floor above; floor upstairs
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
quietly; slowly; gracefully
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
head; brains; intellect; understanding
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
risky speculation; big gamble; large bet
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
fragment; one of the group or party
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra