if you do this; if this is the case
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
disorder; confusion; chaos
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to add (e.g. a postscript)
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
dissection; autopsy; analysis
human-interest article; page-three news; police news
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
birth; creation; formation
repeatedly; several times; many times
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
repentance; confession; penitence
writing (e.g. as a profession)
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
early (days); initial stage; initial
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
perfect; complete; flawless
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to