acceleration; speeding up
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
later on; eventually; afterwards
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
cryptid (animal whose existence is unsubstantiated, e.g. the yeti)
mental derangement; madness; insanity
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
great cause; moral law; justice
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot); forerunner; pioneer
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to leave as is; to ignore
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all