fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
progress; advance; improvement; development
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
even so; anyhow; at any rate
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to move (house); to change residence
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...