securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to anticipate; to foresee
price; cost; value; worth; value
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in one's own way or style
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
lacking cargo; in ballast
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
personal (employee); employed; retained
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
right in the middle (of); midst; height
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)