state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to gather; to collect; to assemble
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
3rd day of the month; three days
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
column of cars; motorcade; convoy
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
welcome; (warm) reception
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
unnecessary; unneeded; useless; having nothing to do; unoccupied; idle
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
waste of effort; thankless task
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
observation; survey; watching
returned goods; returning purchased goods
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty