science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
outside world; physical world
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
waterworks bureau; water department
second day of the month; two days
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
complete set; all; everything
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
rational; reasonable; logical
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
clear; distinct; evident; definite
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
nutriment; nutritious substance; nourishment
is something that; is that which
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC