burning at the stake; burning to death
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
general; popular; common; typical
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
movie; film; motion picture
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
drama; theatre; theater; play
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
animation; animated film; animated cartoon
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
such; like that; that sort of
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
from the beginning; from scratch
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
then; well; so; well then
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation