hearsay; rumor; grapevine
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to have an idea; to have a clue
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to speak; to say; to vocalize
middle of the night; dead of night
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
imagination; supposition; guess
to be worried; to be troubled
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
something; some kind of; for some reason
serious; severe; grave; acute
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to tell (somebody) to (do something)