curious onlookers; rubbernecks
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to raise one's voice; to shout
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
directly opposite; right in front
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to see through; to see the true nature of something
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
these guys; these fellows
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
error; mistake; slip; bug
in that way; like that; that way
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy