to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to press a question; to cross-examine
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
sincere; earnest; serious
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
resemblance; similarity; analogy
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
anyone; any person; whoever
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
spirit world; underworld; the next world
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
selection; choice; option
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
will not do; do not; does not
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
although I say; although one might say; although called