each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
rarity (esp. of collectables, trading cards, etc.)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
thought; consideration; thinking
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to rise; to erect; to get up
near; close; beside; third person
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
surely; certainly; without doubt
to accept; to receive; to agree
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
at once; immediately; right now
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
one more time; once more; once again
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
had better ...; had better not ...
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
twice; again; second time
to let out a cry; to break forth