basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
middle of the night; dead of night
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
to abandon; to leave behind
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
but; however; provided that
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
bunch of flowers; bouquet
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
slimy; slippery; (arch.) (moving) slowly
feel (of a material); texture
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
depravity; corruption; degradation
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
head over heels; headlong; head first
mutation; change; transition
to rule; to govern; to administer
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap