monitoring equipment; observational instrument
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
living; lifestyle; living room
to lie down; to throw oneself down
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
composed expression; clear face
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
leather; leather-bound; leathern
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to say no more; to sink into silence
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung