to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to cry and shout; to scream
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
father and mother; parents
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
due form; official; formality
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
condition; state (of health); appearance
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
how many years; how long; what year
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
that is to say; so that means
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number