to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
taste; palate; sense of taste
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
body; physical system; (the) person
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
mental; spiritual; emotional
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
substantial matter; significant item
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
contradiction; inconsistency
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to escape death; to be saved from death
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
in the same way as; just like
to take back; to recapture
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...