contrary to one's expectations
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
living thing; living creature; animal; life
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
7th day of the month; seven days
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
only; merely; but; no more than
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel; to spur; to stir up; to arouse
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion