adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
scene; sight; scenario; setting
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
child; childish person; immature person
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
author; writer; novelist; artist
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
listless; languid; sluggish; irritating; exasperating; tiresome
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
sharing an umbrella; under one umbrella; sketch of an umbrella with two names under it (equiv. of "X loves Y")
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
social; societal; societary
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
serious topic (of conversation)
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
famous book; masterpiece (literary work)
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
free translation; liberal translation
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal