my husband; one's family; family member
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
capture; looting; plundering; abduction (using violence or threats); kidnapping
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
thought; consideration; thinking
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
one's mental make-up (structure)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
victim; injured party; sufferer
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
rather; better; instead; if anything
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
(social) class; rank; grade
special promotion (in rank or grade)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration