earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
threat; intimidation; menace
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
how; in what way; how about; questionable
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
anything and everything; just about everything
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
article; item; thing; goods; wares
large number (of); many; majority
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
government; administration; ministry
business entity; corporate body
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
lock; lock (in rugby); lock forward
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
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.)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
construction; architecture (of buildings)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
stairs; stairway; staircase
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash