surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
melting; fusion; liquefaction
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
true character; true heart; true spirit
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
with a loud, shrill laugh; with a cackle; (laughing) wildly
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
being filled with; being full of; permeation
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to jar; to creak; to grate
same family (race, tribe)
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
room that is forbidden to enter; locked room; unopened room
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
under the staircase; understairs
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
crowbar; bar (unit of pressure); bar; café
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
bad news (esp. of a death)