nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
originally; by nature; from the start
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to palm off; to force a sale
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be needed; to be wanted
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...