absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
blank period; window period; interregnum
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
ingredient; component; composition
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
two times; twice; two degrees
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
speculation; thinking; meditation
follower; attendant; valet; servant
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
troublesome; annoying; complicated
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning