remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
collapse of a bubble economy; economic bubble burst
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
direct unforked road; straight path
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
dungeon; dungeon (in an RPG or video game); (underground) labyrinth
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee