avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
interference; meddling; butting in
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
what people say; rumours; public opinion
(find) common (meeting) ground
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
reskilling; improving one's skills
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
to refer to; to use as reference
all you can drink; bottomless cup
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
list; table; schedule; catalogue; catalog
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
ability; capability; skill