choices; alternatives; options
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
just because; even if; even though
direct connection; direct link
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to be silent; to say nothing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to repeat; to do something over again
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
after that; afterwards; thereafter
another day; some other day
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
beginning; outset; first; onset
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
strategy meeting; council of war
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate