story; tale; talk; discussion
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
letter; missive; note; mail
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
how; in what way; how about; questionable
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
scriptwriter; screenwriter
script; screenplay; scenario
alone; by oneself; on one's own
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case