postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
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)
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to crawl out of; to creep out of
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
leader; authority; mainstay
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
legend; folklore; tradition
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
nothing but; except; no more than
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
great joy; delight; jubilation
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty