live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
to take a solid stance; to put one's back in it; to exert oneself
with a clack; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
6th day of the month; six days
almost every day; almost daily
late at night; at a late hour
room allocation; assignment of rooms
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
of tender years; very young
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
quotation; citation; reference
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
feeling of a house or a room
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)