nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
multiplication table; times table
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
carnival (festival held before Lent)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
suddenly; all of a sudden
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
in comparison to; rather than
column of water; water column
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
literally; to the letter; literal
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to dye; to colour; to color
unidentifiable; unidentified
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to become rampant; to be rife
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
blackening; going black; turning black
madness; craziness; insanity
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
person who has committed suicide
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)