departure; leaving; setting off
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
to be fated; to be linked by fate
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
what did you do?; is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
recovery; undoing; recall
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
the current ...; this; today's ...
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
printed edition (of a book, etc.)
questionnaire; survey; poll
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
number of characters; character count
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
to become clear; to be made public
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
story; tale; talk; discussion
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
counter for books; volume
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down