to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
face with no make-up; sobriety; having no class (e.g. in a RPG); (being) jobless
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
at the time; in those days; then
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to look young; to seem young
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
to distract one's attention
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
prescription (of medicine); formula
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
formulation (of pharmaceuticals); preparation; pharmaceutical production
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous