golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to take someone's life; to kill someone
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
social; societal; societary
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
living thing; organism; creature; biology
anonymity; using an assumed name
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)
results of a scientific investigation; findings
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
old couple; elderly couple
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
from the beginning; from scratch
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
technical skill; ability; capacity
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize