to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
heart; guts; nerve; central part
pressure; oppression; suppression
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
breath; breathing; tone; mood
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
scenery; scene; landscape
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
literally; to the letter; literal
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme