to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
journal; magazine; periodical
article; news story; report; account
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
government; administration
to have an eye on; to zero in on
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
number of times; frequency; count
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
business; trade; operations; sales
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
pull; patronage; tug; discount
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
deposit; payment; money received; money due
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")