to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
huh; I'll be damned; well!
how; in what way; how about; questionable
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
going through; going via; going by way of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
personal history; background; career
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to pretend; to act (as if)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance