charming; fascinating; attractive
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
depiction; description; portrayal
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
decapitation; decapitated head
wrong; different; not like that
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
training; drill; practice; discipline
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
perfect; complete; flawless
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
memory; ability to remember
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...