and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to be needed; to be wanted
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
(police) detective; criminal matter
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
in that way; thus; so; so?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
retreating figure; appearance from behind