method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
anything and everything; just about everything
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
family; relatives; dependents; household
direct descent; direct line
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
employer's house; master's house
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
body; physical system; (the) person
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency