assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
but; however; provided that
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
such ... as; or some such
older brother; elder brother
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous