one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
so; therefore; and; (and) then
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
future; possible; potential; prospective
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
difference; variation; difference
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to be able to manage somehow or other
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
a long time ago; long before now
in the meanwhile; during the time