hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
innocent; blameless; guiltless
another; different; separate; discrete
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
at a moment's notice; readily
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
outside of; not covered by
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
importance; emphasis; stress
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
businesslike; professional
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship