as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
human; human-like; as a person
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to quicken one's pace (steps)
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
not yet known; unknown; strange
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
sympathy; compassion; pity
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to be beyond words; to defy description
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr