people; men and women; each person; everybody
(esp. in philosophy) common sense
meaning; significance; sense
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
for example; for instance; e.g.
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
study; research; investigation
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
reaching; attaining; arrival
to accept; to receive; to agree
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
pioneering; path-breaking; trailblazing
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted