composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
no!; no no!; no, not at all
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to laugh away; to laugh off
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
each place; various places
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
never ceasing; never ending; endless
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to torment; to torture; to harass
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt