fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
otherwise; or else; if not
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
preference; priority; precedence
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
continuation; succession; series
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
after that; afterwards; thereafter
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman