truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
(religious) faith; belief; creed
firmly rooted; deep-seated
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
considerably; greatly; a lot
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
briskly; quickly; promptly
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
at work; in the midst of work; working
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question