whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
individual; private person; personal; private
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
that is to say; so that means
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer