not necessarily so; is not always true
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
change; alteration; modification
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
how long; how much; to what extent
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
butt of a joke; punchline
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
first meeting; first interview with
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
out-sourcing; outsourcing
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
if it is the case that ...
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
preface; introduction; preamble