various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
thousands; several thousand
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
event; phenomenon; matter
study; research; investigation
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
point in common; common feature
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
special; particular; peculiar; unique
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
within; inside of; less than
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
guess; conjecture; surmise
general; popular; common; typical
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than