to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
discovery; detection; finding
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
scene; spectacle; sight; view
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
top of the head; crown of the head
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
confusion; distraction; derangement