lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
build; physique; frame; constitution
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to be bony; to be angular
to be (deeply) moving; to pack an (emotional) punch; to be emotionally touching; to strike home; to strike a chord
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
now that you say that; now that you mention it
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
everyday life; daily life
wedded life; married life
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
that's the way it is; such is life
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
topic of discussion; agenda
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible