was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
putting life into; animating; cheering up
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
contrived; false-sounding
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
incident; affair; happening; event
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention