visual confirmation; sighting
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
comparatively; relatively
principle; theory; fundamental truth
confidence; trust; faith; credit
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
common knowledge; well-known fact
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
notice; attention; observation
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
bringing alongside (ship, vehicle, etc.); coming alongside; mooring
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
invisibly; secretly; privately
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
had better ...; had better not ...