to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
environment; circumstance
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
confused; flustered; at a loss
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
body; physical system; (the) person
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
pimp; procurer; someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
to be too numerous; to be too much
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to explain; to dispel doubts
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?