home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
guess; speculation; supposition
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
network disturbance; communication failure; telecommunication malfunction
ventilation fan; extractor fan
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
where did you hear that?; who did you get that from?
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to get tired out; to be exhausted
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
telco; telecommunications company; common carrier
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
contrived; false-sounding
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
wrong; different; not like that
way of talking; speaking style
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
good humour (humor); good mood
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area