home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
and; thereupon; because of that
as a child; when one was a child
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to recall; to remember; to recollect
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
(not) even once; (not) ever
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
number one; first; best; most; game; round