law of cause and effect; principle of causality
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (on TV, social media, etc.); face reveal
survey; exploration; field investigation
calling out to someone with love or good will; phone call to a loved one; fervent request; heartfelt appeal
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
advance payment; advance delivery
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to cheer on; to raise a shout
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
(with a) successful outcome; (ending in) success
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping; coat worn over a woman's kimono
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
to rearrange; to resequence
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
to die; (lit.) to become bones
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death; rising to heaven
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one; self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
to boast; to brag; to talk big
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
(soulless) body; framework (of a building, etc.); skeleton; mere shell; mere name