companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
study; research; investigation
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
unexpected meeting; coincidence
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
how; in what way; how about
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
eccentric; crank; oddball
as if nothing had happened
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
competent; suitable; qualified
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to feel refreshed; to feel soothed
to be mentally fatigued; to tired to the bone