short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
please (give me); please (do for me)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
murder; killing; murderer
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
imagination; supposition; guess
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
occurrence; happening; incident; event
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
how; in what way; by what means
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
instant; moment; for an instant
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate