to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
in the end; on top of that
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
suggestion; hint; implication
not yet known; unknown; strange
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
moderate faction; moderates
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
true character; true heart; true spirit
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
decision; determination; resolution