interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
as (for); for; in the capacity of
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
with a momentary flash of light
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
personal; individual; private
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
true character; real nature
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
although I say; although one might say; although called
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
individual; private person; personal; private
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to be perturbed; to be agitated