strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
by myself; in person; by oneself
thought; consideration; thinking
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
really; truly; indeed; good grief
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
to repeat; to do something over again
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
snake; serpent; large snake
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
popular name; common name; given name
heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
weird; disgusting; sickening
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
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
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
hostile relations; hostile relationship
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
such; this sort of; like this
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)