1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not ...
1. you said, he said, she said, they said
2. even if
3. do you seriously think that
4. I already told you, you should know by now that, of course
5. the said ..., said ...
6. says that ...
7. I hear that ...
8. as for the term ...
9. as for ...