be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
depending on; dependent on
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
impossible; unlikely; improbable
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
what do you want?; can I help you?
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose