basis; foundation; grounds; authority
author; writer; novelist; artist
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to have a talk; to tell a story
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
just because; even if; even though
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
loveable; very likeable; like very much
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
to speak; to hear a voice
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to thrust before; to thrust at
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving