thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
should; must; -able; probably; likely
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
while; during; while; although; all; both
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
offense; offence; method of attack
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
difficult to ...; hard to ...