to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
that is to say; so that means
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
(in the same way) as before; as always
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
adjusting one's makeup; renovation; remodeling; redecoration
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of