judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
novel; story; (work of) fiction
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
fireworks display; display of fireworks
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
number one; first; best; most; game; round
beginning; outset; first; onset
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes