on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
criticism; commentary; review
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
calm; composed; cool; quiet
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
though; notwithstanding; although
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
neighbourhood; neighborhood
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
several items; many items
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to happen to meet; to come across
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency