by all means; no matter what; at any rate
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
probability; likelihood; chances
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
rather; sooner; preferably
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
rare (or peculiar) animal
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
opposite side; opposition
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
distant; remote; isolated
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it