incident; affair; happening; event
seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
this world; this life; world of the living
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
way; method; means; resource; course
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
proposal; suggestion; motion; initiative
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
calomel (mercury chloride)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
shall ...; to assume; to suppose