origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
(committee) chairman; president
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
but; however; provided that
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
of course; certainly; naturally
just because; even if; even though
genuine article; real thing; real deal
technique; art; skill; move
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
in comparison to; rather than
proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
as (for); for; in the capacity of
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to rule; to govern; to administer
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not