to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
stale; hackneyed; cliched
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
uninhabited island; desert island
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
secret; private; surreptitious
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
contrived; false-sounding
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to be found; to be discovered
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
near oneself; close to one; familiar
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
at first; in the beginning; originally
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any