strangeness; abnormality; disorder
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
place; room; margin; scope
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
second; number two; runner-up
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
this is why; this means; it is the case that
be (that) as it may; having said that
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time