implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
word game; wordplay; playing with words
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
based on; built on; made from
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
without thinking of the consequences
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
material for experiments; experimental material
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to be mad about; to be hooked on
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
(one) could even say that
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
father; dad; husband; you; he
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
good feeling; feeling good
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
complementation; supplementation; completion
comfort; consolation; diversion
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...