diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
beyond human understanding
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
discovery; detection; finding
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
process; course; mechanism
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
dissection; autopsy; analysis
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to pierce through; to break through
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to stay (at); to stop (at)
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
the same age; same period
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to cease; to stop; to be over
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)