talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
the way back; the way home; return trip
incident; affair; happening; event
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to loiter (on the way); to waste time
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
if you think about it; come to think of it
late at night; at a late hour
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
breaking off an engagement
to thrust before; to thrust at
that day; the very same day