cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
videocassette recorder; VCR
a few years ago; some years back
to join forces; to cooperate
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to overflow from something full
ominous atmosphere; ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
atrocity; (arch.) treason
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
being too late; losing one's final chance
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
calamity; disaster; accident
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy