high heels; high-heeled shoes
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
in high spirits; excited; energetic
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
host; landlord; innkeeper
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
satoshi (0.00000001 of a bitcoin)
electricity; (electric) light
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
terrible situation; awful state of affairs; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
to await; to wait for; to expect
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
conte; short story; tale; comedy sketch; skit
leaving; quitting; retiring
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered