sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to finish reading; to read through
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
infection; contagion; becoming infected
improved version; variant (of a pathogen)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to be dead; to be lifeless
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at