monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
to affect; to impact; to influence
talk; recital; narration; topic
now that you say that; now that you mention it
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to be charged with a mission
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
slave (device); slave (person)
group; bunch; crowd; group
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
experimental stage; experimental phase
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
the same age; same period
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
research material; experimental material
to spit out; to eject; to dump
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity