| Conversational | Professional |
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| bring out ____ | accentuate, complement, emphasize, enhance, extract, highlight |
| catch on | grasp, learn, understand |
| come across | appear, discover, encounter, find, locate, reveal |
| come up with | create, brainstorm, derive, develop, discover, formulate |
| day to day | daily, habitual, mundane, perpetual, regular, routine, typical |
| deal with | address, confront, contain, encompass, manage, resolve, tolerate |
| end up | conclude, finalize, finish, settle |
| figure (verb) | compute, determine, solve |
| find out | discover, learn, realize, research |
| flexible | accommodating, adaptable, lenient, limber, moldable, open-minded, viable, variable |
| for starters | first, initially |
| get to | arrive, have the opportunity, permitted, privilege to, reach |
| go farther along | continue, elaborate, expand, extend, extrapolate, proceed |
| go in to ____ | engage, enter, explore |
| go out and ____ | (eliminate), going |
| good / bad call | decision, mistake, selection |
| got rid of | annihilate, delete, destroy, discard, disposed, eliminate, expell, exterminate, extinguish |
| I'm doing ____ for my presentation | discussing, explaining, I have prepared, I'm presenting |
| keep your eyes open | alert, attentive, be aware, focus, observe, vigilant, watch |
| key / a must | critical, crucial, fundamental, important, instrumental, priority, significant, vital |
| look over | examine, oversee, proofread, review, revise, scan, skim, supervise |
| open doors | create opportunities, generate, initiate |
| pick | choose, opt, select |
| play a role | act, assist, component, function as, influence, interact, participate |
| plus | additionally, advantage, as well, benefit, furthermore, in addition |
| put my finger on it | comprehend, define, determine, identify, narrow, pinpoint, visualize |
| real world | career, practical, workplace |
| right way | accurately, correctly, precisely, proper |
| some sort of | (eliminate), particular, specific, variation |
| stand out | emphasize, noticeable, predominant, prominent |
| start off | begin, commence |
| stuff / things | concepts, items, topics |
| think twice | contemplate, ponder, reassess, reconsider, reflect, rethink |
| this is where ____ comes in | at this point, therefore |
| threw out | discard, eliminate, omit, propose, suggest |
| to the point | accurate, brief, concise, direct, succinct |
| to top it all off | complete, finalize, in closing |
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