teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
tone (of voice); manner of talking
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to throw at; to turn; to raise
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
it is not (like that) either
to look down on; to make light of
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to have a talk; to tell a story
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation