story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
than; from; out of; except; but; more
questionnaire; survey; poll
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
now; the present time; just now; another; more
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
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
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
questionnaire results; survey results
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ago; since; before; previous
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?