nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
proper; right; reasonable
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
region; limits; stage; level
key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to go ahead; to pull ahead
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to be trustworthy; to be credible; to be believable
testimony; (verbal) evidence
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
distrust; unjust suspicion