some people; a few people; several people
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
two parts; two copies; the second part
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
sensual love; love affair
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
sweet and sour; bittersweet
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
main question; real issue at hand
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
number of times; frequency; count
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
rather; sooner; preferably
serious accident; major incident
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to detain; to check; to restrain
directly opposite; right in front
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to surround; to crowd around
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
almost; roughly; approximately
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
to be pretentious; to put on airs
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
to be mad about; to be hooked on
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million