suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to find out; to discover; to locate
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to bury; to embed; to implant
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
custom; made or built to order; customs (government agency)
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
creation; Creation (by God)
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to hide; to keep to oneself
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
as (for); for; in the capacity of
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)