calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
serious; severe; grave; acute
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
root; source; origin; cause
not yet known; unknown; strange
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
what time; (lit.) which hour
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
another family; another house
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over