argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
the human body; one's person
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
obscure; vague; ambiguous
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
now that you say that; now that you mention it
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
passage; path; route; one's way
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
endocrine; incretion; internal secretion
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
critical (condition); serious