seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
good humour (humor); good mood
madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for); from the heart; entirely; completely
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
movie; film; motion picture
mask; disguise; guise; mask
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively