first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
old age; old person; the old; the aged
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
burning at the stake; burning to death
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
muttering voice; murmuring voice
war; fighting; fierce competition
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
to take someone's life; to kill someone
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
calm; composed; cool; quiet
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
although I say; although one might say; although called
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire