failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
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
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
moving into (a city, etc.); transfer (to a new school)
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)