thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
how; in what way; how about
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
opening a business; opening a practice
every year; yearly; annually
10,000,000,000; ten billion
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
really; truly; indeed; good grief
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
conviction; belief; confidence
(period of) a year; during an era
of course; certainly; naturally
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
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.)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)