I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
answering machine; answerphone
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
all sorts of; all kinds of
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
just past noon; afternoon
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
besides; in addition; also; moreover