action; operation; effect; function
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
materials; data; document
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
difficult to ...; hard to ...
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
payment of debts; repayment
of tender years; very young
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
neutralizer; neutraliser; counteractive; antidote
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby