very interesting; of great interest
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
curse; spell; malediction
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
no, not like that (but like this)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
spell; curse; incantation
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
episode; anecdote; vignette
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
is something that; is that which
because of; owing to; due to
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
such; this sort of; like this
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to head home; to leave for home
shoulder (of a road); berm
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.