reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
reason for being; raison d'être
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
it's no joke; gimme a break!
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
conference room; council room
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
case worker; case officer
studies; schoolwork; classwork
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
good-looking; fair; beautiful
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to ask a question; to ask questions
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet