standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
personal; individual; private
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
of course; certainly; naturally
self-consciousness; self-awareness
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
practice; practising; experience
although I say; although one might say; although called
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
minimum; at the very least
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
how; in what way; how about
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
this is why; this means; it is the case that
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise