purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
to eat up; to consume (completely)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
that's the way it is; such is life
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!