story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
product; produce; result; fruit
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to be consistent; to be coherent
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
that is to say; so that means
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
unique; original; individual; unusual
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to walk away; to walk off
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but