true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
of course; certainly; naturally
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
for example; for instance; e.g.
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case