serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
a considerable number; a fair number
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
when it becomes; when it comes to
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
how; in what way; how about
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
innocence; being not guilty
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
until now; so far; up to the present
(not) even once; (not) ever
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...