quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
than; other than; except; but
ability; performance; efficiency
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
whispering; murmuring; subdued
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
target group; target persons
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
in deep black; in jet black
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
that's a different matter; that's a different story
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh