assertion; declaration; affirmation
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to find out the truth; to ascertain; to clarify; to confirm; to verify
to become clear; to be made public
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
that; the matter in question
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
looks; personal appearance; features
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
(not) a single person; (no) one
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
since the dawn of history
fraction (part of); decimal fraction