being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); cringing; being left speechless ; zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio ; after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") ; beginning; start
there's no (other) way ; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice ; it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough ; hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful ; cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)
to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best ; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion) ; to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge
to attach; to join; to connect; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment); to put against ; to furnish (a house with) ; to wear; to put on ; to keep a diary; to make an entry ; to appraise; to set (a price) ; to allot; to budget; to assign ; to bring alongside ; to place (under guard or doctor) ; to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk ; to load; to give (courage to)
point; tip; end; nozzle ; head (of a line); front ; first; before; ahead (of) ; (the way) ahead; beyond ; future ; previous; prior; former; recent; last ; destination; address; place where you do something ; rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part ; the other party
to turn; to rotate; to spin; to twist; to gyrate ; to pass around; to send around; to hand around; to circulate ; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to bring; to transfer; to forward; to direct; to submit ; to turn (to a new use); to use (for something else) ; to turn on (something that turns or has a rotating part, e.g. a washing machine); to start up (e.g. an engine); to give (something) a spin ; to put (someone in a position); to make (e.g. an enemy of) ; to ... around (e.g. chase, fool, play); to do all over; to do everywhere; to do completely ; to surround (something) with; to enclose with ; to put (an arm) around (e.g. someone's waist); to reach around ; to invest (money); to lend
first (of all); firstly; to begin with; before anything else ; probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually ; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; reasonably ; anyway; at any rate; for now (at least); for the time being
to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions) ; to be equal; to be uniform; to be even; to match; to agree ; to gather; to assemble; to be collected
thing; object; article; stuff; substance ; one's things; possessions; property; belongings ; things; something; anything; everything; nothing ; quality ; reason; the way of things ; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen ; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ... ; cause of ...; cause for ... ; somehow; somewhat; for some reason ; really; truly
to include (in a group or scope) ; to instruct; to make one understand ; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication) ; to put in (someone's) mouth ; to permeate with flavor
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; important part ; point; site; spot ; point (in scoring) ; point (in a loyalty program); points ; (percentage) point ; (decimal) point ; switch; points ; point (unit of type measurement) ; point (in a stock index) ; place where many fish gather
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use ; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume ; to use (language); to speak
to buy; to purchase ; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize ; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour) ; to accept; to take on; to take up ; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
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...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now ; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat ; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... ; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!