one eye; discerning eye; excellent judgement
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
observation; survey; watching
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
like this; this sort; this way
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
else; in addition; besides
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
to say (something) over one's shoulder
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
offender; criminal; culprit
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
big problem; major issue; big controversy
to take a breath; to take a short rest
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event; grave (and unexpected) incident; serious event; accident
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money