beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
form; shape; figure; morph
(taking an) objective point of view; viewing objectively
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
principle; theory; fundamental truth
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to have an idea; to have a clue
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
timewise; temporal; chronal
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
total; totalling; adding up; comprehensive; all-inclusive; all-encompassing
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
without; but if; otherwise; or else