model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
rather than; more ... than ...
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
concentration; density; cardinality
feel (of a material); texture
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
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?")
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
several times (as large, over)
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
four (long cylindrical things)
femoral region; thigh area
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
you (plural); all of you; you all
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown