attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
too much; excessively; too
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
succession; continuation; series; sequence
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
main cause; primary factor
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
should; must; -able; probably; likely
reality; actuality; hard fact
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
near; close; beside; third person
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
ago; since; before; previous
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
such; like that; that sort of; very
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?