-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
verbal message; word (from someone)
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
recently; lately; these days
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
pupil; student; schoolchild
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
depravity; corruption; degradation
such; like that; that sort of; very
in comparison to; rather than