custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
some people; a few people; several people
witnessing; observing; sighting
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
(some) more; even more; longer; further
care; precaution; guarding; caution
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to serve; to work for; to attend
(your) daughter; young woman
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
beginning; outset; first; onset
climax; peak; zenith; apex