gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
survival; survivor; relic
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
a long time ago; in those days
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
something like ...; something called ...
literature; books (reference); document
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
commencing with; including
strong opposition; vehement opposition
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up