root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon; excuse; justification; making amends for a previous misdoing
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to strangle; to constrict
observation; survey; watching
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
mental; spiritual; emotional
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
isolation; being alone; being friendless
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
consideration; taking into account
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me