vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to subsist; to keep on living
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
solitude; loneliness; isolation
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to happen to meet; to come across
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
at once; immediately; right now
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to cause someone to worry
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
wrong; different; not like that