really; truly; indeed; good grief
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
story; tale; talk; discussion
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
what sort of; what kind of; what way
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly