too much; excessively; too
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to correct oneself; to restate
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
word game; wordplay; playing with words
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
you could say; you might say; verging on the
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
snake; serpent; large snake
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight)
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with