adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem
▪
Digby looked ~ to be the next president.
▪ become , grow
▪
I grew more and more ~ that she was lying to me.
▪ make
▪
Make ~ that you lock the door if you go out.
ADVERB
▪ very
▪ absolutely , quite
▪ by no means
▪
It's by no means ~ that she'll get the job.
▪ almost , virtually
▪ fairly , pretty , reasonably
PREPOSITION
▪ about , of
▪
Are you quite ~ about this?
PHRASES
▪ can't say for ~
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I think she's a teacher, but I couldn't say for ~.
▪ not know for ~
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I don't know for ~ how many people are coming.
Certain is used with these nouns: ↑ ambiguity , ↑ amount , ↑ aspect , ↑ circumstance , ↑ context , ↑ death , ↑ degree , ↑ disaster , ↑ distance , ↑ doom , ↑ exception , ↑ fascination , ↑ fondness , ↑ individual , ↑ instance , ↑ kind , ↑ mystery , ↑ number , ↑ proportion , ↑ relief , ↑ requirement , ↑ reservation , ↑ respect , ↑ sense , ↑ similarity , ↑ standard , ↑ style , ↑ type , ↑ unease