something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
I appreciate your efforts
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
female friend; woman friend
evening meal; dinner; supper
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
brasserie; western-style tavern
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
two (long cylindrical things)
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which