scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
incident; affair; happening; event
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
something like ...; something called ...
the deceased; the departed
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
while alive; during one's lifetime
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
has reached its limit; has reached its peak
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy