assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
(some) more; even more; longer; further
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
really; truly; indeed; good grief
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)