trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
as you see; as you can see
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
changing completely; transformation
to fail; to slip up; to make a botch job (of)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
contract; compact; agreement
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
individual; private person; personal; private
mass communication; mass media
guess; speculation; supposition
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
whichever one chooses; either way
New Year's Eve; end of the year
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else