event; phenomenon; matter
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
fiction; fabrication; concoction
humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
it's not like; it isn't as if
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
bona fide third party; bona fide third person
source of information; intelligence source; message source
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
handrail; railing; banister
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
overconfident; presumptuous
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
(opening of a) wound; cut
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
surrounding at a distance
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
good humour (humor); good mood