to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
filtration; filtering; percolation
(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
height (of body); stature
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
because of; owing to; due to
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance