to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
everybody; every last one of them; all
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
interest; rights; concession
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
around the world; throughout the world
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
should; must; -able; probably; likely
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
good person; virtuous person
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
until now; so far; up to the present
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
reset; fresh start; new beginning
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
ambiguous; obscure; equivocal
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)