(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
history; pedigree; lineage
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
surely; certainly; without doubt
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to spit out; to eject; to dump
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
such; this sort of; like this
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time