to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
one day; (on) a certain day
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
aforementioned; above-mentioned
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
permission; approval; authorization; license
single word; a few words; brief comment
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming