independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
control; management (e.g. of a business)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
declaration; statement; proclamation
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
without; but if; otherwise; or else
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
how; in what way; by what means
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
I see; that's right; indeed
to some extent; to a certain extent
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
price; cost; value; worth; value
of course; certainly; naturally
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
to be too numerous; to be too much
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning