road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
(social) class; rank; grade
special promotion (in rank or grade)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be surprised; to be astonished
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
older brother; elder brother
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
curious; strange; unusual
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
contrived; false-sounding
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
good contrast; marked contrast
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to begin talking; to open up
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
private; personal life; (one's) privacy