insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to affect; to impact; to influence
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
compelling force; legal force
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible