diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
just because; even if; even though
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
marginal notes; side notes; gloss
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
even so; anyhow; at any rate
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to assemble; to set up; to construct
reading too much into things
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
suspending publication (of serialized content in newspapers, magazines, etc.)
foreign; abroad; overseas
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
old friend; old acquaintance
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)