distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
self-justification; excuse
avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
normalcy; normality; normal
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
second (unit of time); arc second
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
literally; to the letter; literal
within; inside of; less than
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
incident; affair; happening; event