person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
written explanation; written apology
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum); axolotl; Mexican walking fish
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to triumph; to be elated with success
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
way (of doing); manner; method; means
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet