long time; long interval; for quite some time
boy; son; baby boy; young man
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
otherwise; or else; if not
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
intellectual crime; white-collar crime; intellectual criminal; smart criminal
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to make a speech; to address
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to be consistent; to be coherent
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
finishing blow; coup de grâce
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished