to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
story; tale; talk; discussion
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
don't you think?; indicates question
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
in spite of; regardless of
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
settlement; solution; resolution
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
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
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion