old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
(short) rest; breather; break
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
illustrated book; picture book
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air