the reason is ...; it is because ...
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
talking while standing; standing around talking
messenger; envoy; emissary
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
knowing; (an) acquaintance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
preface; introduction; preamble
the other day; a few days ago
recovery; rescue; recapture
to look upwards; to look up
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
thought; consideration; thinking
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
recovery; rescue; recapture