dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
captive; prisoner (of war)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
name; given name; first name
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to let someone hold; to make someone grasp; to bribe; to slip money to; to pass off; to foist on
human intellect; knowledge
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
complicated and mysterious
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth