change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
interference; intervention; meddling
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
author; writer; novelist; artist
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to lend an ear to; to listen to
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)