everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to pass (of time); to elapse
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
serious; severe; grave; acute
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
the other day; a few days ago
while; even though; despite
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
one's place of appointment; one's post
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
it's not like; it isn't as if
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...