ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
study; library; den; home office; reading room
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
main cause; primary factor
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
nonessential and nonurgent; unnecessary
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
speaking voice; talking voice
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
until now; so far; up to the present
to feel blue; to feel depressed
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
control; check; restraint; inhibition
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
being startled; getting a shock
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)