I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
by means of; due to; because of; according to
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
expert; skilled hand; person of experience
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
technique; art; skill; move
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
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)
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
sense of being the chosen people
to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky
failure; mistake; blunder
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
pitching ability; counter for pitches
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering