creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to explain adequately; to be accountable
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
episode; anecdote; vignette
literature; books (reference); document
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
study; research; investigation
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to not believe one's ears
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
authenticity; credibility
source (e.g. quotation); authority
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
most difficult; next to impossible
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to pile up; to accumulate
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with