illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
contradiction; inconsistency
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to be found; to be discovered
this for sure; certainly is
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
even if; even though; however; no matter how
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow