perception; intuition; the sixth sense
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
meaning; connotation; denotation
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
for the first time in one's life
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
uncontrollable; irrepressible
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")