leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
expression; look; countenance; face
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
negative emotions; negative feelings
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
atrocious crime; heinous crime