inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
sickroom; hospital room; ward
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to be kind to; to treat kindly
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
evil spirit (that can possess people)
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
tedious; boring; being fed up with
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
boy; son; baby boy; young man
loveable; very likeable; like very much
target group; target persons
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious