the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to speak one's mind; to speak very frankly
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
solution; solution strategy
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
cooperation; collaboration
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see