understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
question; inquiry; enquiry
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
please (give me); please (do for me)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
way of speaking; intimation
long ago; already; a long time ago
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)