time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
considerably; fairly; quite
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
I see; that's right; indeed
go that far; to that extent
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
directly opposite; right in front
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")