denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
such; this sort of; like this
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
stale; hackneyed; cliched
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
really; truly; indeed; good grief
lately; recently; nowadays
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
please (give me); please (do for me)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
author; writer; novelist; artist