etc.; et cetera; and so on
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
meaning; significance; sense
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
rather; better; instead; if anything
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
such ... as; or some such
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
in the same way as; just like
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage