perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
memory; sense; experience
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
riding fast; driving a horse fast
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
breath; breathing; bless; bracelet
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
sword; blade; single stroke
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink