concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to put on airs; to assume importance
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to state; to express; to mention
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
again; once more; a second time
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
I see; that's right; indeed
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
surroundings; environs; circumference
number one; first; best; most; game; round
competent; suitable; qualified
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
origin; source; beginning; starting point
place; situation; position; location
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
good and evil dualism; Manicheanism
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part