-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
but; however; provided that
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
human kindness; human weakness
hereabouts; around there; that area
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
really; truly; indeed; good grief
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to talk; to chat; to chatter
originally; by nature; from the start
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
not caring; not giving a damn
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
convenient; handy; useful
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
feeling; sense; impression
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)