hot-spring cure; taking the baths
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
image; figure; figure; form; image
another dimension; different level; whole other level
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
moderate; proper; just right
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to have an uneasy conscience
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
word for word; verbatim; literally
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
many; much; plenty; hardly
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
right under; directly below; right beneath
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
surroundings; circumference
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to collapse; to flop (onto)