end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
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.)
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
same; similar; (just) like; equal
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
but; however; provided that
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
authority; power; function
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
reality; actuality; hard fact
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
such ... as; or some such
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly