that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
rest; break; recess; intermission
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
I see; that's right; indeed
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
really; truly; indeed; good grief
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
reason; cause; circumstances
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be needed; to be wanted
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
tool; implement; means; furniture
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever