incident; affair; happening; event
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to call each other; to call out to one another
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
heroine; female protagonist
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
unspecified large number (of people)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
consideration; taking into account
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level