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
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
authority; power; influence
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
tradition; legend; folklore
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
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
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 (finance)
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 (colours); 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 an era
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
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
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
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)