owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to burst open; to pop; to split
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
(distant) howling; backbiting
that day; the very same day
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
rather; better; instead; if anything
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
whereabout; about where; how much
to press a question; to cross-examine
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
decision; determination; resolution
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify