expert; skilled hand; person of experience
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
persistent; stubborn; sticky; viscous; viscous temperament (in Kretschmer's classification); epileptoid temperament
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
visualization; visualisation
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)