chorus (esp. in Greek drama); choir
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
precarious situation; precarious state
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to succeed; to bear fruit
to cry softly; to sob; to weep
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
early arrival (at work); reporting early for work; taking an early shift; leaving the house early in the morning (to go to work)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
to jump from one thing to another
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
exactly as stated; verbatim
product; produce; result; fruit
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to slide into; to slip into