ordinary; sensible; commonplace
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
disparaging words; derogatory term; insult; epithet
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
general term; generic name
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
family; relatives; dependents; household
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
matter of time; question of time
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
help; assistance; service
too much; excessively; too
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)