it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?