preface; introduction; preamble
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
form; shape; figure; visage
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to jump upon (a moving object)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation