absorption; suction; attraction
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
being dotted with; being scattered
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
the more one looks (at it) the more...
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)