mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
huge; enormous; great big
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to carry; to bring (to a place)
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
rest; break; recess; intermission
meditation; contemplation
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
local production for local consumption
like this; this sort; this way
eccentric; crank; oddball
tranquilizer; tranquiliser
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly