trend; tendency; movement; attitude
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
key person; important person
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
intelligence gathering; information gathering
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
genuine article; real thing; real deal
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)