honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
guess; conjecture; surmise
scenery; scene; landscape
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
perception; sensation; awareness
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
electricity; (electric) light
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
as you see; as you can see
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to project; to stick out; to stand out
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
sphere; circle; range; category
general idea; concept; notion
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
please; somehow or other; one way or another