mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
ambitious; motivated; willful
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to happen to meet; to come across
as (for); for; in the capacity of
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
various foods cooked together; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; mulligan stew
such ... as; or some such
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
to become keen on; to get passionate about
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
instant; moment; for an instant
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to hide; to keep to oneself
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
observation; survey; watching
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
consequence; result; conclusion
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...