the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
postponement; adjournment
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
hateful; detestable; loathsome
regret; repentance; remorse
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
otherwise; or else; if not
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
forced laugh; forced smile
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
ex post facto report; report after the event
preface; introduction; preamble
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to squash; to crush; to flatten
sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
reading light; reading lamp
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
left side; left-hand side
oak; orc (fictional race common in fantasy literature); ork
popular name; common name; nickname; alias