goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
declaration; proclamation; announcement
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
why; how; for what reason
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
a push; another effort; one more effort
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down