to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
first meeting; first interview with
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
study; research; investigation
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
coincident with; while; simultaneously
many; much; plenty; hardly
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
parallel world; parallel universe
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to be a matter of life or death
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)