to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
measure; measuring tape; measuring
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
driver (of a vehicle); screwdriver; driver (golf); driver; device driver
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
switching over to; migration; transition
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
powerless; helpless; incompetent
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
visual confirmation; sighting
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
dazzling victory; win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion
evening star; Vesper; Hesperus; Venus in the evening sky
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)