gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
form; method; system; formula
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
way of speaking; intimation
within; inside of; less than
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
experience; history; record; career
existence; being; presence
price; cost; value; worth; value
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
local specialty; special product (of a region)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
from now; from this moment; henceforth
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
society; public; community; social studies
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
pupil; student; schoolchild
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...