uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
wide-open; frank; open; candid
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
beginning; clue; starting point
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
regarding highly; attaching importance to
(not) even once; (not) ever
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
miser; cheapskate; scrooge
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
how many years; how long; what year
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble