et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
again; once more; a second time
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
another family; another house
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
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 ...
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
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
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
imagination; supposition; guess
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...