to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
yellowish; tinged with yellow
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
pale; pallid; bluish-white
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
height (of a person); stature
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile