centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
construction; architecture (of buildings)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
to extend (building); to build on
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
tool; implement; means; furniture
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
infection; contagion; becoming infected
life imprisonment; life sentence
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
story; tale; talk; discussion
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt