disagreeable; unpleasant; off-putting; disconcerting
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
reader; (website) visitor
hard (life); tough (world)
technically accomplished; technical; polished
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
to be consistent; to be coherent
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
to withstand; to be able to endure
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
every evening; night after night
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off