by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
will not do; do not; does not
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
mask; disguise; guise; mask
author; writer; novelist; artist
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
day after day; day by day
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
self-consciousness; self-awareness
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
remote control; remote operation
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out