incident; affair; happening; event
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
almost; roughly; approximately
isolation; being alone; being friendless
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
throughout; all through; right through
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
multitasking; multitasking (person); simultaneous (activity); concurrent
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say