to ascertain; to check; to make sure
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
transactions; dealings; business
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to complain; to make a complaint
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
such; like that; that sort of; very
to apologize; to apologise
prudence; discretion; thought
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
connection; link; relationship
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do