something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
war; battle; match; game; competition
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to complete decisively; to do to completion
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
if it is the case that ...
older brother; elder brother
next term; next period; next version; next release
good prospects; full of hope; promising
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
strange disease; rare disease
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health