unbelievable; incredible; implausible
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
blink of an eye; instant; moment
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
backstep (dancing, sports); set-back (motorcycle) footrests
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to blow out; to spout out
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
alone; by oneself; on one's own
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken