I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
meeting; greeting; welcome
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
disease; ailment; illness
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
sympathy; compassion; pity
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to be needed; to be wanted
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)