lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
snake; serpent; large snake
middle of the night; dead of night
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
serious; not joking; straight
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
presence (impressive quality)
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
set menu; fixed-course menu; table d'hôte
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
general; popular; common; typical
private tutor; coach; governess