alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
remarkable; striking; obvious
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
consequence; outcome; result; blame
because of; owing to; due to
to shake one's head (in denial)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
unqualified; without qualifications
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
normalcy; normality; normal
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
command; control; commander
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
to bury; to embed; to implant
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful