wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
form; shape; figure; visage
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
production (e.g. play); direction
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
shopping; purchased goods
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
with these words; while saying
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
history of; experience of
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect