and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
unanticipated; unexpected
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
place; room; margin; scope
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
inside; interior; inner part
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to lose sight of; to miss
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to run out (e.g. of the room)
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
feeling keenly; fully realizing
degenerate; pervert; deviant
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero