I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; (lit.) anti-social forces
jade plant (Crassula argentea, Crassula ovata)
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
moving about; stirring about
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
tool; implement; means; furniture
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
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
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
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
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
for example; for instance; e.g.
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than