very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to underrate; to make light of
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
near oneself; close to one; familiar
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
treatment; service; handling; management
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; thing damaging to the eyes
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
time axis; time basis; timeline
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
two times; twice; two degrees
to commit a crime; to commit a sin