silence (not speaking); muteness
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
conviction; belief; confidence
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
incident; affair; happening; event
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to bring; to take; to bring about
atrocity; (arch.) treason
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
staying behind; remaining; residual
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into