surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
self-consciousness; self-awareness
very young; little; childish; immature
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
person concerned; interested party; related party
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to be able to manage somehow or another
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
sexual interest in young boys; boy love; prepubescent boy
to be worried; to be troubled
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
how; in what way; by what means
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately