magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
conviction; belief; confidence
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
testimony; (verbal) evidence
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
complete change; about-face
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
if it is the case that ...
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to attempt; to test; to try out
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
proposal; proposition; suggestion
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with