oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
fast approach; quick intimacy
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
else; in addition; besides
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to blacken; to become black
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
stuffed specimen; taxidermy mount; stuffing; mounting
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
as stated; verbatim; literally
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
dig site; excavation site
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
still (continuing); as ever; further