to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
chimera; chimaera; chimera; chimaera
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
certainly; surely; definitely
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
ancient city; former capital
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
true state; actual condition; reality
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
not understanding; not knowing
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)