various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
countries; (various) nations
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. lie); specious; seemingly truthful
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
several hundred; hundreds (of)
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
legend; folklore; tradition
literature; books (reference); document
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
general; popular; common; typical
people; men and women; each person; everybody
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
conviction; belief; confidence
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
confidence; trust; faith; credit
something; some kind of; for some reason
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
witnessing; observing; sighting
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
something like ...; something called ...
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
outward appearance; looks
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
other than; excluding; without
that day; the very same day
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to speak; to hear a voice
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder