language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
in comparison to; rather than
to gather; to collect; to assemble
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to subsist; to keep on living
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to know something by direct experience; (lit.) to know through the skin
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
question; inquiry; enquiry
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
now; the present time; just now; another; more
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate