to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
incident; affair; happening; event
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
such; this sort of; like this
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)