darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
fruit knife; paring knife
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to repeatedly admonish; to tell over and over
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
close to the wall; alongside the wall
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage