companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
reasoning; logic; persuasion
economical; efficient; lean; compact
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to squint (one eye); to narrow
observation; survey; watching
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)