feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
how many years; how long; what year
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
a few years ago; some years back
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
society; company; the public; the world
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
possible; likely; probable
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd