goodness; excellence; virtue
ordinary citizen; the general public
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
powerful person; influential person
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
perception; sensing; noticing
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
besides; in addition; also; moreover
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
wide turn; detour; the long way around
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
technical skill; ability; capacity
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy