mutation; change; transition
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
silence; stillness; quietness
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (comedy by William Shakespeare)
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
right and wrong; good and evil
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
distress; wretched condition
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
directly; in person; firsthand
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
half and half; fifty-fifty
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
to kill; to beat to death
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
collapse of a bubble economy; economic bubble burst
abandoned building; derelict building
undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range
singer; vocalist; amateur singer who records and uploads songs to online video platforms
invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious