was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
that's a different matter; that's a different story
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
outsider; someone outside of a group
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
opening a business; opening a practice
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)