complete change; about-face
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
risky; dangerous; insecure
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
older sister; elder sister
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
danger; peril; hazard; risk
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
demi-glace (type of brown sauce)
that's the way it is; such is life
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
sign; indication; omen; symptom
complete; whole; perfect; safe
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
day (as in holiday); daytime
and; thereupon; because of that
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
from now; from this moment; henceforth
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)