food; foodstuff; prey; victim
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
criticizing someone behind their back; backbiting
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
financial power; financial means; wealth
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
self-torturing; masochistic
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to check; to stop; to keep back
defense (esp. in sports); defence
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
support; backing; aid; assistance
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
greatest mistake of one's life
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble