counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
probability; likelihood; chances
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
good humour (humor); good mood
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
unfortunately; regrettably
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
in that manner; like that
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
interests and preferences
feeling keenly; fully realizing
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
main street; avenue; boulevard