skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
station; office; guardroom
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
article; item; thing; goods; wares
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to take (all of) into consideration
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
stylistic beauty; beauty of form; beauty derived from refined style; established trope; beloved stock formula (in entertainment); time-honored routine
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
direction of travel; direction of movement
deceased; late; dead; departed
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to burrow through; to dig through
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
loud sound; loud reverberation