link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
adds force or indicates command
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
rising; ascending; climbing
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
questionnaire; survey; poll
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
grasp; catch; understanding
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop