serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
evolutionary theory; theory of evolution
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
all ages; great antiquity; eternity
author; writer; novelist; artist
supplementary examination
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
materialism (in philosophy)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
solely; entirely; only; or
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
approximate value; approximation
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
one's possessions; ownership
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
approximation; having a close resemblance
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...