scenery; scene; landscape
episode; anecdote; vignette
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
final; eventual; ultimate
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
right in the center (centre)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
celestial sphere; the heavens
pale; pallid; bluish-white
one after another; in rapid succession
to squash; to crush; to flatten
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
meteor swarm; meteor shower
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much