implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
mistress; kept woman; concubine
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
relation; connection; relevance
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to be possessed (by a spirit, demon, etc.); to be possessed (by an idea, delusion, etc.); to be obsessed (with)
one day; (on) a certain day
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
one act (of a play); scene; event
home; household; family; hearth