whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
symbol; code; sign; notation
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to be entwined; to be involved
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
sense of relief; feeling of relief
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
to look after (often medically); to take care of
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable