thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
story; tale; talk; discussion
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
just the other day; quite recently
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to be sacked; to be dismissed
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
time; season; period; phase; stage
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
to try to do; to attempt to do
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up