religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
beginning; outset; first; onset
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
superstition; superstitious belief
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
one's outlook on the universe
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
outline; survey; compendium
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
until now; so far; up to the present
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)