compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
how much; how many; however
occasional; infrequent; rare
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
captive; prisoner (of war)
self-determination; suicide
while alive; during one's lifetime
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
floor above; floor upstairs
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
deep inside; innermost place
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule
returning to the competition (after a loss); comeback (from defeat); being reinstated; repechage; second-chance match
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate