bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
indoor drying; hanging clothes to dry indoors
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
throughout; all through; right through
every single word and phrase; word by word
memory; ability to remember
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
generation; the world; the age
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
any more; any further; any better; any longer
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)