I love this! Another I've noticed in my own programming:

    username
    password

    get
    set
    put

    look
    peek

    hand
    poke
    push
    pull
    hold

    stop
    fast
    pass

    make
    sell
    take

    fish
    bait

    string
    thread
    needle

I sometimes agonize to find equal-length names for related variables and slot names. English makes this harder, because opposites often have one letter difference, like start/stop, enable/disable, create/destroy.

    permit
    forbid

    pass
    fail

    head
    tail

    index
    value